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The first crash lessons from the South sea bubble

Title: The first crash [electronic resource] : lessons from the South sea bubble / Richard Dale.
Author: Dale, Richard.
Publication: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2004.

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Description

1 online resource (198 p.) : ill.

Uniform Title

First crash (Online)

Alternative Title

First crash (Online)

Subject

South Sea Company > History
South Sea Bubble, Great Britain, 1720
Financial crises > Great Britain > History > 18th century
Capital market > Great Britain > History > 18th century
Stocks > Prices > History > Great Britain > 18th century

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-194) and index.

Access (note)

Access restricted to authorized users.

Contents

Coffee houses, the press and misinformation -- Exchange Alley and the evolution of London's securities market -- Origins of the South Sea Company -- John Law and the Mississippi Bubble -- The South Sea scheme -- The bubble -- The crash -- Crisis resolution -- Lessons from the South Sea Bubble. Appendix II. Hutcheson's South Sea parable ; Appendix II. Technical note on stock and subscription price data.

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