They are gorgeous, bright-eyed, brilliant girls: one tall, one short, pant legs dragging, torn leggings, sneakers that glow in the dark or light up with each step, boom boom boom.

NEWYORKER: M&M World

Many schools saw applications stagnate during the heady days of the late 90s dot-com boom, only for demand to soar when the bubble burst and budding tycoons decided they could safely step away from the business cauldron for a while to improve their skills.

CNN: MBA applications soar amid gloom

Then, when inflation fell in the 1990s, they benefited again from a step jump in the value of their biggest asset as low interest rates stimulated a prolonged housing boom.

ECONOMIST: Bagehot