Nothing new today, that wasn't true 300 years ago ...

[Baruch]

The South Sea Company bubble ..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?annotation_id=annotation_1963175583&feature=iv&index=17&list=PLhyKYa0YJ_5Aq7g4bil7bnGi0A8gTsawu&src_vid=cba7di0eL8I&v=k1kndKWJKB8

Central government, central banks, government corruption, white collar crime ... just like we have today.

[Flanker1Six]

Hhhheeeeeyyyyyy!!!!!  Wait a darn minute!   You're not trying to draw some subtle and sophisticated parallel between this story and a modern set of circumstances are you?    Ain't be trickin' us!   

Besides..........................we (The Illuminati, Rosicrucians, Mormons, Masons, Aliens Among Us) prefer to view it more as an issue of Moral Flexibility, than outright lack of scruples.   Subtle indeed! 

[Baruch]

When in London, do as the Londoner's do ;-)

The corruption of politicians, the vanity of nobles .... and the greed of investors, can usually be relied upon.

[drunkenshoe]

Make that 30 000, lol.

[AllPurposeAtheist]

Hmm..the South Sea company became the same company selling ads on Twitter,  right? 

[stromboli]

We haven't changed much since the hunter/gather stage. Pick an era- they all reflect the same set of human behaviors with different subject headings.