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.


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subject surface form: "Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds"
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