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The Tulip Bubble: Amsterdam's First Financial Crash

8 min•24 april 2026

In the 1630s, the Dutch Republic experienced one of history's most spectacular financial manias: tulip mania. This episode dives into the frenzy that saw a single tulip bulb sell for more than a canal house in Amsterdam. We explore the economic and social conditions that made it possible — the newly independent Dutch Republic was flush with cash from Baltic grain and Asian spice trades, and its sophisticated financial system included futures markets and options trading that would be familiar to modern Wall Street traders. We follow the arc of the mania from its origins in the Ottoman Empire, through the rise of rare broken tulips infected with a mosaic virus, to the infamous crash in February 1637. Lucas and Luna discuss why the crash didn't actually destroy the Dutch economy, despite popular myth, and how the episode reveals timeless truths about speculative bubbles, herd behavior, and the human tendency to believe 'this time is different.' Along the way, we meet key figures like botanist Carolus Clusius, who brought tulips to the Netherlands, and the anonymous tavern keepers and notaries who recorded the bizarre contracts. This is a story of beauty, greed, and the birth of modern capitalism.

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