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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté. Image fixe : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Neal, Larry (1941-....)
Titre(s) : I am not master of events [Texte imprimé] : the speculations of John Law and Lord Londonderry in the Mississippi and South Sea bubbles / Larry Neal
Publication : New Haven (Conn.) : Yale University Press, c2012
Description matérielle : xiv, 214 p. : ill. ; 25 cm
Collection : Yale series in economic and financial history
Lien à la collection : Yale series in economic history
Comprend : Storms in the Caribbean Sea and the life of Lord Londonderry ; The War of the Spanish
succession and the Jacobite Rebellion ; The diamond deal ; Learning by doing : law
and Londonderry before the bet ; The bet of the bubbles ; The blowing and bursting
of bubbles ; The workout ; Family problems ; Did the speculations of law and Londonderry
matter? ; Epilogue.
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references and index
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
Sujet(s) : Law, John (1671-1729)
South Sea Company, Bulle spéculative de la (1720)
Crises économiques -- 18e siècle
Cycles économiques -- 18e siècle
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780300153163 (alk. paper). - ISBN 0300153163 (alk. paper)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb42647151g
Notice n° :
FRBNF42647151
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