Selling shares to finance business ventures has been going on for hundreds of years. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint-stock_company#Early_joint-stock_compan

Selling shares to finance business ventures has been going on for hundreds of years. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint-stock_company#Early_joint-stock_companies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint-stock_company#Early_join...