FWIW, the tulip bubble was in the 17th century. The South Seas bubble was in the 18th.
That’s what happens when I try to comment from memory. I think the basic point stands though. Bubbles of different kinds have existed since financial exchanges have existed and I don’t think there’s a pattern toward particularly destructive ones.
FWIW, the tulip bubble was in the 17th century. The South Seas bubble was in the 18th.
That’s what happens when I try to comment from memory. I think the basic point stands though. Bubbles of different kinds have existed since financial exchanges have existed and I don’t think there’s a pattern toward particularly destructive ones.