Crashes and Crises: Lessons from a History of Financial Disasters

The Mississippi Bubble

Documentary Aug 17, 2018 27 min The Great Courses Signature Collection

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S1 E6: Delve into the details of the Mississippi bubble, an early 18th-century financial crisis sparked by speculation in the anticipated wealth of French Louisiana. Learn how the bubble's instigator, John Law, a Scottish gambler and convicted murderer, gained control of the French economy and pushed ideas that were ahead of their time - so far ahead that they plunged France into economic collapse.

Documentary Aug 17, 2018 27 min The Great Courses Signature Collection

TV-PG

Information

Released: 2018
Run Time: 27 min
Rated: TV-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.