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Tulips, 1637



Interestingly, Amsterdam is still the world centre for the flower trade.


Tulips weren't easily transferable, divisible, durable, in limited supply or fungible but hey, let's hear more about this original theory of yours.


This is different, dogecoin is openly a joke, no one is pretending that there’s some fundamental value there.


Different only in it's clothing, not the basic nature of it. "hiding the scam" in plain sight seems like a modern spin on so many things.


Please tell me more about the agricultural futures market of the early modern period


South Seas Company, 1720


> Tulips, 1637

A truly original argument, 2021


Tulips that don't wither




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