Odd Lots: This Is What It Was Actually Like To Live Through The Tech Bubble

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Every week, hosts Joe Weisenthal and Tracy Alloway take you on a not-so-random walk through hot topics in markets, finance and economics.

We talk a lot about bubbles on this podcast. Often we talk about them from the perspective of a trader or speculator. But what about the people whose lives get caught up directly in the craziness? On this week's episode of the Odd Lots podcast, we speak to Bloomberg's own Dash Bennett, who worked for an internet company right during the peak of the mania in early 2000. Dash describes the incredible signs of excesses that he saw at the beginning and the bleak way it all ended when everyone lost their jobs and had all their perks taken away.

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To contact the authors of this story: Joe Weisenthal in New York at jweisenthal@bloomberg.net, Tracy Alloway in Abu Dhabi at talloway@bloomberg.net.

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