Mississippi Bubble
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The Mississippi Bubble was an early 18th-century French financial crisis triggered by speculative investment in John Law’s Mississippi Company, culminating in a dramatic stock market collapse and loss of public confidence in paper money.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Mississippi Bubble canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3026685 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mississippi Bubble Context triple: [South Sea Bubble, relatedEvent, Mississippi Bubble]
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A.
Bayou Bucket
The Bayou Bucket is the trophy awarded to the winner of the annual college football rivalry game between the University of Houston and Rice University.
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B.
Go, Mississippi
"Go, Mississippi" is the official state song of Mississippi, known for its upbeat, marching-style celebration of the state.
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C.
The Big Muddy
"The Big Muddy" is a blues-influenced rock song by Bruce Springsteen from his 1992 album *Lucky Town*.
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D.
River Suck
River Suck is a major river in western Ireland that flows through counties such as Roscommon and Galway before joining the River Shannon.
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E.
Bayou Boogaloo
Bayou Boogaloo is an annual music and cultural festival in Norfolk, Virginia, celebrating Louisiana-inspired food, art, and live performances along the city’s waterfront.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mississippi Bubble Target entity description: The Mississippi Bubble was an early 18th-century French financial crisis triggered by speculative investment in John Law’s Mississippi Company, culminating in a dramatic stock market collapse and loss of public confidence in paper money.
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A.
Bayou Bucket
The Bayou Bucket is the trophy awarded to the winner of the annual college football rivalry game between the University of Houston and Rice University.
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B.
Go, Mississippi
"Go, Mississippi" is the official state song of Mississippi, known for its upbeat, marching-style celebration of the state.
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C.
The Big Muddy
"The Big Muddy" is a blues-influenced rock song by Bruce Springsteen from his 1992 album *Lucky Town*.
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D.
River Suck
River Suck is a major river in western Ireland that flows through counties such as Roscommon and Galway before joining the River Shannon.
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E.
Bayou Boogaloo
Bayou Boogaloo is an annual music and cultural festival in Norfolk, Virginia, celebrating Louisiana-inspired food, art, and live performances along the city’s waterfront.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
economic bubble
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financial crisis ⓘ speculative bubble ⓘ |
| aftermath |
curtailment of large-scale financial experiments in France
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reversion to metallic currency in France ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction | Kingdom of France ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| describedBySource | contemporary pamphlets and memoirs ⓘ |
| differentFrom | South Sea Bubble ⓘ |
| endTime | 1720 ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | financial history ⓘ |
| follows | War of the Spanish Succession ⓘ |
| hasAnalogy | South Sea Bubble ⓘ |
| hasCause |
conversion of French government debt into company shares
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creation of the Mississippi Company ⓘ easy credit policies of John Law’s bank ⓘ exaggerated expectations about wealth from Louisiana ⓘ granting of monopoly rights over French colonial trade ⓘ merger of several French trading companies ⓘ |
| hasEffect |
French government debt crisis
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bankruptcy of many investors ⓘ collapse of public confidence in paper money ⓘ discrediting of John Law’s financial system ⓘ economic disruption in France ⓘ inflation followed by deflation in France ⓘ long-term distrust of paper money in France ⓘ loss of savings for French nobility and bourgeoisie ⓘ political embarrassment for the Regency government ⓘ |
| hasPart |
collapse of Mississippi Company share prices
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loss of confidence in paper money ⓘ monetary instability in France ⓘ rapid rise in Mississippi Company share prices ⓘ run on the Banque Générale ⓘ |
| location |
French colonies in North America
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Kingdom of France ⓘ Paris ⓘ |
| mainCause |
expansion of paper money and credit
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overvaluation of Mississippi Company shares ⓘ speculative investment in the Mississippi Company ⓘ |
| operator | John Law ⓘ |
| pointInTime | early 18th century ⓘ |
| saidToBeTheSameAs | Law System crisis ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
creation of the Compagnie d’Occident
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flight of John Law from France ⓘ forced conversion of banknotes and shares ⓘ nationalization of John Law’s bank as Banque Royale ⓘ renaming to Compagnie des Indes ⓘ suspension of specie payments ⓘ |
| significantPerson |
John Law
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Philippe II, Duke of Orléans ⓘ |
| startTime | 1719 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Mississippi Bubble Description of subject: The Mississippi Bubble was an early 18th-century French financial crisis triggered by speculative investment in John Law’s Mississippi Company, culminating in a dramatic stock market collapse and loss of public confidence in paper money.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Charles Mackay – Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds
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notableCaseStudy
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Mississippi Bubble
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subject surface form:
Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds