The "South Sea Bubble", 1720
The South Sea Bubble of 1720 was a major financial crash in London. It immediately followed a similar crash on the Paris stock market, known as the Mississippi Bubble. The origins of both episodes are complex. However, the South Sea Bubble was popularly supposed to have been caused by fraud and foll...
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