
 The Joe Walker Podcast
 The Joe Walker Podcast Housing Bubble Week Epilogue: Not All Bubbles Are Created Equal - Vernon Smith
 Sep 27, 2020 
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 Introduction 
 00:00 • 3min 
 The Importance of Borrowing Money in the Great Recession 
 02:33 • 4min 
 The Risks of Housing Bubbles to Financial Stability 
 06:28 • 6min 
 The Risks of Housing Bubbles 
 12:19 • 4min 
 The Importance of Housing Bubbles 
 16:19 • 2min 
 The Importance of Reading 
 18:27 • 3min 
 How I Identified the Best College in the United States 
 21:03 • 3min 
 The Great Depression 
 23:50 • 4min 
 The Importance of Experimental Economics in Housing Markets 
 28:06 • 3min 
 The Importance of Equilibrium in Economics 
 31:05 • 4min 
 The Effects of Bubbles on the Asset Markets 
 35:21 • 3min 
 The Secret to a Perfect Hamburger 
 38:23 • 3min 
 The Contrast in Markets for Perishables 
 41:00 • 4min 
 The Connection Between Credit and Housing Bubbles 
 45:01 • 6min 
 How to Trade for Something That's Never Been Traded Before 
 50:34 • 2min 
 The Effects of Credit on the Asset Market 
 52:11 • 2min 
 The Psychology of Housing Bubbles 
 54:21 • 5min 
 The History of Housing Bubbles 
 58:54 • 3min 
 The US Housing Bubble and the Great Recession 
 01:01:50 • 2min 
 The Clinton Housing Bubble 
 01:03:58 • 2min 
 The Tax Policy Change That Sweetens the Deal on the Resale Value of Housing 
 01:06:00 • 2min 
 The History of the US Housing Bubble 
 01:08:03 • 4min 
 Why Do Housing Bubbles Crash? 
 01:11:33 • 5min 
 The Complexity of the Housing Market 
 01:16:55 • 2min 
 The Fundamental Asymmetry of Losses and Gains in a Housing Bubble 
 01:19:23 • 5min 
 The Macroeconomic Consequences of Housing Busts 
 01:24:31 • 3min 
 The Problem With Macroeconomic Models 
 01:27:42 • 3min 
 The Importance of Balance Sheets in Home Ownership 
 01:30:55 • 5min 
 The Effects of Negative Equity on the Housing Market 
 01:35:41 • 4min 
 The Effect of Negative Equity on Consumption 
 01:39:54 • 5min 
 The Price Cycle and the Great Depression 
 01:45:04 • 2min 
 The Importance of the Construction Bust 
 01:47:16 • 5min 
 The Volatility of Australia's Housing Bubble 
 01:52:41 • 2min 
 The Australian Housing Market 
 01:54:55 • 2min 
 Narrative Economics: How Foreign Buyers Influence Australian Housing Markets 
 01:57:03 • 5min 
 The Role of the Federal Reserve in the Great Depression 
 02:01:37 • 2min 
 Ben Bernanke's Intervention in the Housing Market 
 02:03:28 • 4min 
 The Difference Between Innovation and Deludes 
 02:07:34 • 2min 
 The Great Depression and the Housing Bubble 
 02:09:58 • 4min 
 The Great Depression in Australia 
 02:14:05 • 2min 
 The Boom of 1890 
 02:16:15 • 2min 
 The Importance of Psychology in Bubbles 
 02:18:30 • 2min 
 The Importance of Experimentalism in the Economy 
 02:20:53 • 3min 
