Early Modern Europe

The Amsterdam Dinner Party That Popped the Tulip Bubble

A single merchant's bankruptcy at a dinner party in 1637 triggered the collapse that taught Europe how financial bubbles work.

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Dutch Golden Age17th CenturyFinancial HistoryEconomic BubblesAmsterdamNetherlandsSpeculationMarket CrashesEarly CapitalismTulip ManiaTradingBanking

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