Uploaded November 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Are we repeating 1929… or rhyming with it?
The Roaring Twenties were fueled by debt, booming tech, speculation, and extreme inequality. Sound familiar?
This episode compares the three core triggers of the Great Depression with the world we’ve built going into 2029: leverage, AI hype, global debt, and a dangerously familiar wealth gap.
We look at what’s actually similar, what’s fundamentally different, and whether today’s guardrails (FDIC, SEC, QE, fiat, global markets) are enough to prevent history from looping back with a modern twist.
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0:00 Intro
1:05 Debt
9:10 Tech Optimism
11:30 Inequality
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📚 Sources & References
CIA World Factbook — GDP Growth Rate by Country (2009)
cia.gov/the-world-factbook/field/real-gdp-growth-rate
Britannica — Countries Affected by the Great Depression
britannica.com/event/Great-Depression/Worldwide-economic-downturn
ThoughtCo — Great Depression Archival Photography
thoughtco.com/great-depression-photos-1779431
Economic History Association — The U.S. Economy in the 1920s
eh.net/encyclopedia/the-u-s-economy-in-the-1920s
Macrotrends — Dow Jones Industrial Average Historical Chart
macrotrends.net/1319/dow-jones-100-year-historical-chart
EHES — Household Debt and Economic Recovery
ehes.org/EHES_2017.pdf
IMF — Global Household Debt Datamapper
imf.org/external/datamapper/HH_L_GDP@GDD/USA
Pew Research — U.S. National Debt & Foreign Holders
pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/10/02/a-look-at-the-us-federal-debt-by-the-numbers
MarketWatch — Nvidia and the Radio Bubble
marketwatch.com/story/nvidia-stock-bubble-is-it-like-the-radio-bubble-of-the-1920s-11688202378
JSTOR — Integrating Radio into the Home, 1923–1929
jstor.org/stable/1511620
Finaeon — RCA and the Roaring Twenties
finaeon.com/rca-radio-corporation-of-america-history
TIME Magazine Archive — Aeronautics Boom
time.com/vault
Reddit — U.S. Consumer Loan Delinquency Rates
reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/15z2u1a/us_consumer_loan_delinquency_rates
University of Houston — Income Inequality in 1928
https://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/disp_textbook.cfm?smtID=2&psid=3436
Gallup — American Stock Ownership
news.gallup.com/poll/266807/percentage-americans-own-stock.aspx
Lumen Learning — Stock Market Participation (1929)
courses.lumenlearning.com/wm-open-macroeconomics/chapter/the-stock-market
Reuters — Big Tech CAPEX & Data Center Expansion
reuters.com/technology/ai-may-be-biggest-tech-investment-cycle-ever-2024-07-03
Wikipedia — Countries by External Debt
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_external_debt
Federal Reserve History — Glass-Steagall Act
federalreservehistory.org/essays/glass-steagall-act
SEC — Market Oversight Overview
sec.gov/about/what-we-do
Congress.gov — Monetary Policy Tools (CRS Report)
crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/IF/IF11815
#EconomicBubble #StockMarketHistory #GreatDepression #TechBubble #AIInvesting #StartupFunding #MarketCrash #Slidebean #FinanceHistory #2029Economy #NvidiaBubble #VentureCapital #Macroeconomics #AIHype #dotcombubble
#startups #slidebean
Are we repeating 1929… or rhyming with it?
The Roaring Twenties were fueled by debt, booming tech, speculation, and extreme inequality. Sound familiar?
This episode compares the three core triggers of the Great Depression with the world we’ve built going into 2029: leverage, AI hype, global debt, and a dangerously familiar wealth gap.
We look at what’s actually similar, what’s fundamentally different, and whether today’s guardrails (FDIC, SEC, QE, fiat, global markets) are enough to prevent history from looping back with a modern twist.
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G2i connects you with contract or full-time engineers who’ve already passed deep technical interviews, saving you weeks of hiring time.
Get a $1,500 credit when you mention Slidebean: g2i.co/slidebean
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Recommended videos:
youtu.be/unszOmSP-h4?si=zWuKU2xrzKGwugCG
youtu.be/WVEgKFQeG4E?si=ilOK3YMlZd3b7Nop
--
0:00 Intro
1:05 Debt
9:10 Tech Optimism
11:30 Inequality
--
Follow us
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/slidebean
Instagram: instagram.com/slidebean
Caya
X (Twitter): twitter.com/cayahere
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/caya
--
📚 Sources & References
CIA World Factbook — GDP Growth Rate by Country (2009)
cia.gov/the-world-factbook/field/real-gdp-growth-rate
Britannica — Countries Affected by the Great Depression
britannica.com/event/Great-Depression/Worldwide-economic-downturn
ThoughtCo — Great Depression Archival Photography
thoughtco.com/great-depression-photos-1779431
Economic History Association — The U.S. Economy in the 1920s
eh.net/encyclopedia/the-u-s-economy-in-the-1920s
Macrotrends — Dow Jones Industrial Average Historical Chart
macrotrends.net/1319/dow-jones-100-year-historical-chart
EHES — Household Debt and Economic Recovery
ehes.org/EHES_2017.pdf
IMF — Global Household Debt Datamapper
imf.org/external/datamapper/HH_L_GDP@GDD/USA
Pew Research — U.S. National Debt & Foreign Holders
pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/10/02/a-look-at-the-us-federal-debt-by-the-numbers
MarketWatch — Nvidia and the Radio Bubble
marketwatch.com/story/nvidia-stock-bubble-is-it-like-the-radio-bubble-of-the-1920s-11688202378
JSTOR — Integrating Radio into the Home, 1923–1929
jstor.org/stable/1511620
Finaeon — RCA and the Roaring Twenties
finaeon.com/rca-radio-corporation-of-america-history
TIME Magazine Archive — Aeronautics Boom
time.com/vault
Reddit — U.S. Consumer Loan Delinquency Rates
reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/15z2u1a/us_consumer_loan_delinquency_rates
University of Houston — Income Inequality in 1928
https://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/disp_textbook.cfm?smtID=2&psid=3436
Gallup — American Stock Ownership
news.gallup.com/poll/266807/percentage-americans-own-stock.aspx
Lumen Learning — Stock Market Participation (1929)
courses.lumenlearning.com/wm-open-macroeconomics/chapter/the-stock-market
Reuters — Big Tech CAPEX & Data Center Expansion
reuters.com/technology/ai-may-be-biggest-tech-investment-cycle-ever-2024-07-03
Wikipedia — Countries by External Debt
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_external_debt
Federal Reserve History — Glass-Steagall Act
federalreservehistory.org/essays/glass-steagall-act
SEC — Market Oversight Overview
sec.gov/about/what-we-do
Congress.gov — Monetary Policy Tools (CRS Report)
crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/IF/IF11815
#EconomicBubble #StockMarketHistory #GreatDepression #TechBubble #AIInvesting #StartupFunding #MarketCrash #Slidebean #FinanceHistory #2029Economy #NvidiaBubble #VentureCapital #Macroeconomics #AIHype #dotcombubble
#startups #slidebean
