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What poet, playboy and investment bubble prophet Charles Mackay, plagiarized in 1841 on a Dutch tulip bubble, can tell us about the rise and fall of cryptocurrencies (Tim Harford/Financial) Times)
Tim Harford / Financial Times:
What poet, playboy and investment bubble prophet Charles Mackay, plagiarized in 1841 on the Dutch tulip bubble, can tell us about the rise and fall of cryptocurrencies— On a winter morning in early 1637, a sailor showed up at the office of a wealthy Dutch merchant and was offered a hearty breakfast of fine red herring.
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