Book of Donmon Teith

In late September 1720 the South Sea bubble burst. The collapse of the South Sea Company's share price caused the first great British stock market crash, the re

Why do stock and housing markets sometimes experience amazing booms followed by massive busts and why is this happening more and more frequently? In order to an

Winner, 2010 Donald Murphy Prize for a Distinguished First Book, American Conference on Irish Studies Renowned as one of the most brilliant satirists ever, Jona

The sweeping story of the world’s first financial crisis: “an astounding episode from the early days of financial markets that to this day continues to intr

This classic account of the first great British financial scandal is a brilliant recreation of eighteenth-century social and economic life and will interest any