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England: South Sea Bubble - The Sharp Mind of John Blunt
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28, 2015
When Robert Harley steps in as England's new Chancellor of the Exchequer, he discovers that not only is the government deeply in debt, but no one knows quite how much debt it owes. .. show full overview
4x2
England: South Sea Bubble - Too Big to Fail
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14, 2015
Frustrated at every turn by the Whig-controlled Bank of England, Harley and Blunt decide to start their own instution: a trading company that will exchange government debt for stock .. show full overview
4x3
England: South Sea Bubble - Buying Out Britain
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28, 2015
The time has come for Blunt to enact the final act of his scheme: taking on the 31 million pound British debt. When Parliament initially balks at transferring responsibility for that .. show full overview
4x4
England: South Sea Bubble - The Bubble Pops
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11, 2015
With the South Sea Company's value dangerously inflated, Blunt drives one more scheme to raise stock prices - and it finally backfires on him. Early investors (including the famous .. show full overview
4x5
England: South Sea Bubble - It Was Walpole
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25, 2015
Robert Walpole's attempts to use the South Sea Company scandal to enhance his own ambitions are threatened by the appearance of Robert Knight, a former South Sea employee whose records .. show full overview

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