I am not master of events
Subtitle: the speculations of John Law and Lord Londonderry in the Mississippi and South Sea bubbles
By: Larry Neal
Series: Yale series in economic and financial history; Yale series in economic and financial history
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New Haven
Language: eng
Number of pages: 214
ISBN-13: 9780300153163
Subjects: Business cycles; Financial crises; South Sea Company; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Storms in the Caribbean Sea and the life of Lord Londonderry; title: The War of the Spanish succession and the Jacobite Rebellion; title: The diamond deal; title: Learning by doing : law and Londonderry before the bet; title: The bet of the bubbles; title: The blowing and bursting of bubbles; title: The workout; title: Family problems; title: Did the speculations of law and Londonderry matter?; title: Epilogue.