Crashes and Crises: Lessons From a History of Financial Disasters

The South Sea Bubble

Documentary Aug 17, 2018 28 min The Great Courses Signature Collection

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S1 E5: The British stock market in the early 18th century; a financially-strapped government and a public craze for investing creates ideal conditions for one of history's most brazen stock manipulators; John Blunt's use of the South Sea Company.

Documentary Aug 17, 2018 28 min The Great Courses Signature Collection

Information

Released: 2018
Run Time: 28 min
Rated: PG

Languages

Original Audio: English
Audio: English (AAC), English (United States)
Subtitles: English (CC)

Accessibility

: Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.