Great Bubbles, vol 1: Reactions to the South Sea Bubble, the Mississippi Scheme and the Tulip Mania Affair [Hardcover]

Periods of euphoria followed by sudden crashes are a familiar phenomenon in economics. Such events have become known as bubbles . These volumes bring together writings on such phenomena - with works centering upon some of the more colourful examples.Periods of euphoria followed by sudden crashes are a familiar phenomenon in economicsGeneral Introduction, Acknowledgements, Extracts from Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions (1841), TULIP MANIA, JOHN LAWUS? 2000 Taylor & Francis