Famous first bubbles : the fundamentals of early manias / Peter M. Garber.

The jargon of economics and finance contains numerous colorful terms for market-asset prices at odds with any reasonable economic explanation. Examples include "bubble," "tulipmania," "chain letter," "Ponzi scheme," "panic," "crash," "...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via MIT Press)
Main Author:	Garber, Peter M.
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2000.
Subjects:	Law, John, > 1671-1729. Compagnie des Indes > History. Law, John, > 1671-1729 Compagnie des Indes Speculation > History. Tulip Mania, 1634-1637. South Sea Bubble, Great Britain, 1720. Speculation Tulip Mania, 1634-1637 Great Britain 1720 History