Famous First Bubbles
Subtitle: The Fundamentals of Early Manias
Publisher: The MIT Press; MIT Press
Published: June 12, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 175
ISBN-13: 9780262072045
Subjects: International finance; Investment & securities; Monetary economics; Investment Finance; Mathematical Economics; Business & Economics; Business / Economics / Finance; Business/Economics; Economics - General; Finance; Investments & Securities - Options; Business & Economics / Finance; Investments & Securities - General; 1671-1729; History; Law, John,; South Sea Bubble, Great Britain, 1720; Speculation; Tulip mania, 17th century
First sentence: The Dutch tulipmania, the Mississippi Bubble, the South Sea Bubble-these are always invoked with every outbreak of great financial instability.