Wikipedia has an elaborate process in which they choose the content that gets slated as a “featured article“—less than 1/10 of a percent of all articles on the site. (Listen to this interesting discussion—really!—among some Wikipedia power-users to get an idea of the standards used and the kind of people who have devoted so much time to Wikidom.)

Here are the business, economics, and finance articles that have been featured. Of historical significance to the current state of the U.S. economy: The Panic of 1907 and Tulip mania, a 17th century speculative bubble in tulips that arose in what is now The Netherlands.

Posted on August 25, 2009 at 5:42 pm
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