For Knowledgeable Viewers Only

If you don't already understand futures markets, speculation and other very focused theories of economics, you won't learn them from this documentary, and you won't understand this very important landmark in economic history. You also won't understand what in fact the seventeenth century Dutch were trading, because the documentary can't even explain how the life cycle of a tulip results in the opportunity for speculation. If you plant a bulb, get a tulip, and then dig up the bulb - what have you gained? If you don't know the difference between mother and daughter bulbs, you won't be enlightened by this documentary. Lots of knowledge and understanding of historic and current markets are required to really get anything out of this piece.

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