for anyone curious about the 1719 financial crisis mentioned in the first paragraph, I recommend this short video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diEVmQZ1QfM h

for anyone curious about the 1719 financial crisis mentioned in the first paragraph, I recommend this short video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diEVmQZ1QfM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diEVmQZ1QfM or read about John Law's system: http://www.mshistorynow.mdah.ms.gov/articles/70/john-law-and-the-mississippi-bubble-1718-1720 http://www.mshistorynow.mdah.ms.gov/articles/70/john-law-and... bonus point if you can draw frightening parallels with today's federal reserve system.