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		mmastrac on Dec 4, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Bitcoin Price Tumbles After Wall Street Selloff While the story itself might be inflated, it still shows that a bubble doesn't have to be at the start of the market. And the South Sea company collapse far beyond its founding _definitely_ had ramifications.

exdsq on Dec 4, 2021 [–]

I don't know if you read that link or have read elsewhere on the topic but modern economists argue the tulip mania thing wasn't even a bubble and if it was, it was far smaller than you probably assume. Even the wikipedia page covers these topics quite nicely.

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