July 8, 2026 | Benjamin Daniel
South Sea Bubble — the shoemaker’s son who sparked Britain’s first financial crisis
Comparative Media Studies/Writing professor Thomas Levenson joined Financial Times’ The Story of Money podcast to discuss the South Sea Bubble, the world’s first international stock market crash. “This was the first time. People didn’t know what was happening,” Levenson noted.
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