As the 20th century poet Des'ree once said: "Money don't make my world go round, I'm reaching out for a higher ground". Sadly, for the rest of us, the acquisition of money is a necessity. So this week we're back into the history books to analyse a series of money making ventures; from the Dutch Tulip craze of the 1600s to the 'Black Gold' of the Rhondda Valley and we wind the clock back to the 2000s and the infamous dot-com bubble.A listener suggested this week's episode, so do you have an episode suggestion yourself? Let us know about that or any of our other AMAZING FEATURES by emailing: [email protected] if you like it, why not drop us a review in your podcast app of choice?Oh and please follow us on Twitter at @ohwhatatimepodAnd Instagram at @ohwhatatimepodAnd thank you to Dr Daryl Leeworthy for his help with this week’s research.Thank you to Dan Evans for the artwork (idrawforfood.co.uk).And thank you for listening! We’ll see you next week!Ps... THIS IS IT NOW!Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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