dot-com boom
Nineties web frenzy
The dot-com boom was a period of rapid growth and speculation in internet-based companies during the late 1990s, peaking around 2000.
Stock prices for technology startups soared, often regardless of profitability: He made his fortune during the dot-com boom.
The subsequent crash—the dot-com bust—wiped out many of these companies and their investors.
- World Wide WebHypertext system via Internet
- information superhighwayGlobal digital communication network
- irrational exuberanceUnjustified collective market optimism
- e-commerceInternet-based buying and selling
- speculationUnproven theorizing or risky investment
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- E-commerce historyonline auctions, shopping carts, Amazon Prime, affiliate marketing, drop shipping
- 90sTamagotchi, pogs, Furby, slap bracelets, Tickle Me Elmo
- American InnovationEdison, Thomas Edison, Bell Labs, Silicon Valley, Wright brothers
- Mid-90sWindows 95, Friends, Toy Story, ER, Braveheart
- modern economicsGDP, GDP growth, recession, inflation, interest rates
- 1990sMonica Lewinsky, impeachment, NAFTA, Whitewater, Oklahoma City bombing
dot-com boomdot-com bust
Internet stock market collapse
dot-com crash · market crash · bear market · economic downturn · recession
dot-com boomGreat Recession
Major 2008 economic decline
stagflation · economic depression · Great Depression · credit crunch
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