Explaining dot-cons A candid conversation with New Yorker writer John Cassidy, whose new book chronicles the intellectual and psychological currents marking the rise and fall of the New Economy. By Jonathan Skillings, March 07, 2002 At some point, all revolutions pass from the raised fists of the revolutionaries into the more sober hands of historians. The dot-com era is no exception. It wasn't so long ago that many Americans believed that the Internet was the engine behind a new world of peace and prosperity. And yet that period already seems almost ancient, says John Cassidy, author of Dot-con: The...
