Paris at the height of the Mississippi ?
Paris at the height of the Mississippi Bubble, in 1720. John Law promoted shares in his Mississippi Land Company, causing a 400% price increase from January to May. The stock price declined to its original price in Dec. 1720, leaving many impoverished
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10654655
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Mary Evans / Everett Collection
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Date
1720
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