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By: William Quinn

William Quinn is co-author of Boom and Bust: A Global History of Financial Bubbles

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  • Bubble trouble: Lessons from three centuries of boom and bust

    While 2020 has seen its fair share of market turbulence, it has some way to go to match the volatility of 1720.  This month marks the 300th anniversary of the peak of the South Sea Bubble — one of the first financial bubbles, and still one of history’s greatest. The bubble began when the South [...]

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