A new book suggests that despite downsides, investment bubbles at least overcome risk aversion and build useful capital

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Bubbles have a bad reputation among economists and investors, dating back at least to the Dutch tulip mania of the 1630s and the South Sea bubble of 1720. These concerns are being rekindled by a possible bubble related to investment in AI. In their new book,