'I Am Not Master of Events': The Speculation of John Law and Lord Londonderry in the Mississippi and South Sea Bubbles (Yale Series in Economic History) (Yale Series in Economic and Financial History)

by Larry Neal (Author)

• New

  Hardcover
  2012

  $79.53

  Two of the greatest financial fiascos of all time took place at the same time and were instigated by two acquaintances, both considered financial geniuses while their fortunes lasted, The Mississippi Bubble and The South Sea Bubble. This book tells the story of these two financial schemes.