The Wire

The late nineties and the early noughties were a great time to be mixed up in the financial world. Cyberspace was the brave new frontier and everyone wanted a piece of it – internet companies set up and made millions overnight..and then lost them as the bubble burst. Kate Askew was a financial journalist at that time – she’s written a book Dot.Bomb Australia about the boom and bust and how it informs our understanding of where the internet is now.