As a novel embodying a wonderful period in the growth of America "The Mississippi Bubble" is of intense interest. As a love story it is rarely and beautifully told. John Law, as drawn in this novel, is a great character, cool, debonair, audacious, he is an Admirable Crichton in his personality, and a Napoleon in his far-reaching wisdom. -The Chicago American.
The Mississippi Bubble revolves around the story of John Law and the famous "Mississippi Bubble", an economic crisis of speculative investment in the French colony of Louisiana.
Cited in Dawson, The First Latin American Debt Crisis, p. 101. Excerpt in Anon., The South Sea Bubble, pp. 160–1. Francis, History of the Bank of England, Vol. II, p. 3. Francis recalls seeing this prospectus at the time and refers to ...
In this book Garber offers market-fundamental explanations for the three most famous bubbles: the Dutch Tulipmania (1634-1637), the Mississippi Bubble (1719-1720), and the closely connected South Sea Bubble (1720).
The Mississippi Bubble: A Memoir of John Law
This book tells the story of these two financial schemes from the letters and accounts of two leading personalities.
The South Sea Company's subscription and debt conversion was begun in April, with the Company's primary motive being very clear: to market its new stock while the share price was rising, while deferring the second conversion of ...
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