The first crash: lessons from the South sea bubble

Coffee houses, the press and misinformation

Exchange Alley and the evolution of London's securities market

Origins of the South Sea Company

John Law and the Mississippi Bubble

The South Sea scheme

The bubble

The crash

Crisis resolution

Lessons from the South Sea Bubble. Appendix II. Hutcheson's South Sea parable ; Appendix II. Technical note on stock and subscription price data.