December 14, 2025
Tag: tulip mania 1637
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The Tulip Mania of 1637
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You may have heard about the War of the Roses, but when people are asked if they know about the 1637 Tulip Mania, they stare in bewilderment. To say the least, the Tulip Mania was one of the most bizarre economic events in all of western civilization. Cynthia Wood explains the basics.
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February 9, 2023 4 Comments
There was a movie (1949, I think) and then a television show about a naked city and the stories of its people. In this story the people are real and the facts are true, but everything about the featured postcards is wonky and weird. It’s one of the eight-million stories.