EPISODE · Jan 30, 2025 · 42 MIN
The South Sea Bubble
from Patrick Boyle On Finance · host Patrick Boyle
1720 was a year of two bubbles and a plague - The Mississippi Company in France –and the South Sea Bubble in England were the first large scale financial bubbles on record. In September 1720 - when the bubbles burst, England and France were plunged into economic and political crisis's. These were amongst the first examples of financial boom and bust cycles and were the events that gave rise to the use of the term bubble to describe a spectacular market failure. Patrick's Books: Statistics For The Trading Floor: https://amzn.to/3eerLA0 Derivatives For The Trading Floor: https://amzn.to/3cjsyPF Corporate Finance: https://amzn.to/3fn3rvC Ways To Support The Channel: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/PatrickBoyleOnFinance Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/patrickboyle Visit our website: https://www.onfinance.org Follow Patrick on Twitter Here: https://bsky.app/profile/pboyle.bsky.social Sources: Money For Nothing by Arthur Levinson: https://amzn.to/3PUbbcV The King, the Crook, and the Gambler by Malcolm Balen: https://amzn.to/3CFq7bM The Life of Isaac Newton by Richard Westfall: https://amzn.to/4hfXbWU Manias Panics & Crashes - Kindelberger: https://amzn.to/40xOrnX Business Inquiries ➡️ [email protected] Patrick Boyle On Finance YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@PBoyle
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1720 was a year of two bubbles and a plague - The Mississippi Company in France –and the South Sea Bubble in England were the first large scale financial bubbles on record. In September 1720 - when the bubbles burst, England and France were plunged into economic and political crisis's. These were amongst the first examples of financial boom and bust cycles and were the events that gave rise to the use of the term bubble to describe a spectacular market failure. Patrick's Books: Statistics For The Trading Floor: https://amzn.to/3eerLA0 Derivatives For The Trading Floor: https://amzn.to/3cjsyPF Corporate Finance: https://amzn.to/3fn3rvC Ways To Support The Channel: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/PatrickBoyleOnFinance Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/patrickboyle Visit our website: https://www.onfinance.org Follow Patrick on Twitter Here: https://bsky.app/profile/pboyle.bsky.social Sources: Money For Nothing by Arthur Levinson: https://amzn.to/3PUbbcV The King, the Crook, and the Gambler by Malcolm Balen: https://amzn.to/3CFq7bM The Life of Isaac Newton by Richard Westfall: https://amzn.to/4hfXbWU Manias Panics & Crashes - Kindelberger: https://amzn.to/40xOrnX Business Inquiries ➡️ [email protected] Patrick Boyle On Finance YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@PBoyle
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