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SOUTH SEA BUBBLE [1 record]

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Record 1 1987-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Proper Names
  • Finance
OBS

a speculative financial scheme that caught England by storm in 1720. When the bubble burst, panic ensued. Many were ruined, and the government fell. In 1711, Robert Harley formed the joint-stock South Sea Company .... The fall of the South Sea Company and the cabinet marked the rise of Sir Robert Walpole ....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations diverses
  • Finances

Spanish

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