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The stock market processes trillions of calculations per second through a hybrid network of human minds and machines. From ancient trade to modern algorithms, discover how humanity built a computational system that transforms raw information into the most powerful signal on Earth: the market price. Follow the journey from simple bartering to electronic trading. This is part 1 in a new series on economics!
TIMESTAMPS
0:00 - Opening
0:42 - How Market Prices Emerge
2:20 - Coffee Houses & The First Stock Market
3:15 - When Newton Lost His Fortune
5:10 - Inside the Trading Pit
6:20 - The Electronic Revolution
7:15 - Markets as Information Pools
8:30 - Hidden Information & Price Signals
9:45 - Predicting the Future
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