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The Great Beanie Baby Bubble

Mass Delusion and the Dark Side of Cute
Sep 11, 2018Beatricksy rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
The opening and closing couple chapters are a bit meandery and loop back on each other, and I felt myself glazing over a few times here and there as I struggled through some of the stickier sections. Still, most of the text--the thesis and the explanation of economics and herd mentality and the nonsense people did for these cute creations and the out-of-touch creator with his casual abuses and control issues stemming from his own childhood abuse--was memorable. The writing style is spare and I'm not sure I'm going to take away any real valuable information about fads and bubbles that might come up in future, but it was fascinating watching what the 90s and the growth of the Internet could do. I only partially remember this craze, so it felt like a walk down a road that I should remember, and I delighted in the little details.