The rise and fall of the South Sea Company
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South Sea Bubble: the shoemaker’s son who sparked Britain’s first financial crisis
Robert Walpole rescued Britain’s economy – and pulled himself up with it
Jesse Livermore turned speculation into legend. But his life ended in tragedy.
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