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There is an interesting, and wide-ranging discussion about the South Sea Bubble. (45 mins)
Melvyn Bragg hosts. Discusses the history building up to it, the social and political environment, and the major players in it.
It's useful in that it's more wider than just a financial overview, but also about the society in which it happened.
It involves the Spanish empire, slave-trading, government debt (mostly from war), political intrigues amongst Whiggs and Tories, the mechanism of the bubble, and the fallout.
BBC iPlayer - In Our Time: The South Sea Bubble
Melvyn Bragg hosts. Discusses the history building up to it, the social and political environment, and the major players in it.
It's useful in that it's more wider than just a financial overview, but also about the society in which it happened.
It involves the Spanish empire, slave-trading, government debt (mostly from war), political intrigues amongst Whiggs and Tories, the mechanism of the bubble, and the fallout.
BBC iPlayer - In Our Time: The South Sea Bubble