The South Sea Bubble

I have been handing out these mugs to a few lucky, lucky, lucky readers. The image is a political cartoon about the South Sea Bubble - the credit crisis of its time. A couple of the mug recipients have asked for more info on the South Sea Bubble and I've just discovered that the Harvard Business School Library has a great collection of South Sea Bubble-ania. So, I'm posting to give you a link to it. May I also draw attention to the excellent quotes chosen: "Tis a Long Pudding Which Has Not an End."

Beautiful