The Economics of Catching 'Em All

HigherIQ · Mar 3, 2026 · 5m

00:00 — Introduction 00:50 — How a Handheld Game Built a Network 01:19 — The Dual Market That Fuels Compounding 01:24 — How Cardboard Became Capital 01:24 — Wrap Up Sources: - Pokémon at 30: Multimillion-dollar cards and spiking demand. Here's why you've still gotta catch 'em all (CNN): https://www.cnn.com/world/pokemon-at-30-multimillion-dollar-cards-trading-spc - How Pokemon became a source of soft power and among the world's biggest media franchises (CBC Radio): https://www.cbc.ca/lite/story/9.7074463 - How Pokemon cards became a market-beating investment, and why a bubble is now brewing…