I am not master of events : the speculations of John Law and Lord Londonderry in the Mississippi and South Sea bubbles

I am not master of events : the speculations of John Law and Lord Londonderry in the Mississippi and South Sea bubbles / Larry Neal.

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 Lo...

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Main Author: Neal, Larry, 1941- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2012.
Series:Yale series in economic and financial history.
Subjects:
Law, John, > 1671-1729.
Law, John, > 1671-1729
South Sea Company.
South Sea Company
1700-1799
Business cycles > History > 18th century.
Financial crises > History > 18th century.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economics > Microeconomics.
HISTORY > Modern > 18th Century.
Business cycles
Financial crises
History
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