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Speedy deletion nomination of South Sea Bubble (temporary)
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<!-- This is a temporary article to create a South Sea Bubble article separate from South Sea Company --> ==Background== * South Sea company created during War of Spanish Succession and given monopoly to trade with South America * At war's end (the Treaty of Utrecht effectively ended the war in 1713), England was barred from trading with South America, destroying the value of the company's monopoly * The English government had debt (from the war?) * the government debt was not liquid * the company offered to exchange the debt for equity in the company, planning to pay the dividends with the coupons from government debt * initial exchange of 1 million pounds went well ==Growth of the bubble== TBD ==The bubble bursts== TBD ==Aftermath== TBD