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Crashes and Crises: Lessons From a History of Financial Disasters
The Mississippi Bubble
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The Mississippi bubble is an early 18th century financial crisis; it is sparked by speculation; John Law is the bubble's instigator; he is a Scottish gambler; he gains control of the French economy; he plunges France into economic collapse.