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"I Am Not Master of Events" - The Speculations of John Law and Lord Londonderry in the Mississippi and South Sea Bubbles (Hardcover, New) Loot Price: R1,683
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"I Am Not Master of Events" - The Speculations of John Law and Lord Londonderry in the Mississippi and South Sea Bubbles...

"I Am Not Master of Events" - The Speculations of John Law and Lord Londonderry in the Mississippi and South Sea Bubbles (Hardcover, New)

Larry Neal

Series: Yale Series in Economic and Financial History

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Two of the greatest financial fiascos of all time took place at the same time and were instigated by two acquaintances: the Mississippi Bubble, on which John Law at first made a vast fortune and gained sway over French finances; and the South Sea Bubble, launched by Law and Thomas Pitt, Jr., Lord Londonderry, his main partner in England. This book tells the story of these two financial schemes from the letters and accounts of two leading personalities. Larry Neal, a distinguished economic historian, highlights the rationality of each person and also finds that the primitive exchanges of the day, though informal and completely unregulated, actually performed reasonably well.

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Imprint: Yale University Press
Country of origin: United States
Series: Yale Series in Economic and Financial History
Release date: 2012
First published: 2012
Authors: Larry Neal
Dimensions: 235 x 156 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages: 232
Edition: New
ISBN-13: 978-0-300-15316-3
Categories: Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Financial crises & disasters
Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Economic history
Books > History > History of specific subjects > Economic history
LSN: 0-300-15316-3
Barcode: 9780300153163

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