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I am not master of events : the speculations of John Law and Lord Londonderry in the Mississippi and South Sea bubbles
- Title
- I am not master of events : the speculations of John Law and Lord Londonderry in the Mississippi and South Sea bubbles / Larry Neal.
- Author
- Neal, Larry, 1941-
- Publication
- New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2012.
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Details
- Description
- xiv, 214 pages : illustrations; 25 cm.
- Summary
- Two of the greatest financial fiascos of all time took place at the same time and were instigated by two acquaintances: the Mississippi Bubble, on which John Law at first made a vast fortune and gained sway over French finances; and the South Sea Bubble, launched by Law and Thomas Pitt, Jr., Lord Londonderry, his main partner in England. This book tells the story of these two financial schemes from the letters and accounts of two leading personalities. Larry Neal, a distinguished economic historian, highlights the rationality of each person and also finds that the primitive exchanges of the day, though informal and completely unregulated, actually performed reasonably well.
- Series Statement
- Yale series in economic and financial history
- Uniform Title
- Yale series in economic and financial history.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Storms in the Caribbean Sea and the life of Lord Londonderry -- The War of the Spanish succession and the Jacobite Rebellion -- The diamond deal -- Learning by doing : law and Londonderry before the bet -- The bet of the bubbles -- The blowing and bursting of bubbles -- The workout -- Family problems -- Did the speculations of law and Londonderry matter? -- Epilogue.
- Call Number
- JFE 15-2378
- ISBN
- 9780300153163 (alk. paper)
- 0300153163 (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2011022693
- OCLC
- 711045565
- Author
- Neal, Larry, 1941-
- Title
- I am not master of events : the speculations of John Law and Lord Londonderry in the Mississippi and South Sea bubbles / Larry Neal.
- Imprint
- New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2012.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Yale series in economic and financial historyYale series in economic and financial history.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1700 - 1799
- Research Call Number
- JFE 15-2378