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South Sea Bubble

(Historical Terms) Brit history the financial crash that occurred in 1720 after the South Sea Company had taken over the national debt in return for a monopoly of trade with the South Seas, causing feverish speculation in their stocks

[so named because the rapid expansion and sudden collapse of investment resembled the blowing up and bursting of a bubble]

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South Sea Bubble (redirected from The South Sea Company)

South Sea Bubble
(redirected from The South Sea Company)