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Welcome to Animal Spirits, a show about markets, life, and investing.

Join Michael Batnik and Ben Carlson as they talk about what they're reading, writing, and watching.

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Welcome to Animal Spirits with Michael and Ben. To start off today's show, because we're going

through this strange collectible boom, I want to talk about one of my favorite bubbles of all time,

and it's the Beanie Babies Bubble. There was this great book by a guy named Zach Bissinet called

the Great Beanie Baby Bubble. I just want to go through some of the stats. It's crazy. This one

was probably the one that blew my mind the most. Hold on, do you remember the Beanie Baby Bubble?

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