Glen, this might be a repeat post as I sent it an hr ago.
I know that you have got tired of me comparing this mania to the Dutch Tulip mania. So here's a few more that you might prefer me to change to.
Metallic coins, Holy Roman Empire, 1618-23
Tulips, the Netherlands, 1636-40
British government debt, Amsterdam, 1763
Country banks, Britain, 1750s, 1793 and 1824
Sugar and coffee, Hamburg, Germany, 1799 and 1857
Canals, Britain, 1793 and 1820s; France, 1823
Railroad shares, Britain, 1836 and 1847; France, 1847 and 1857; U.S., 1857 and 1873
Public lands, U.S., 1836 and 1857; Argentina, 1888-90
Copper, France, 1888; U.S., 1907
U.S. farmland, World War I to 1921, again in 1970s
Building sites, Florida, 1925; U.S. Southwest and Southern California, late 1980s
Gold, worldwide, 1979-80
* Source: Charles P. Kindleberger
latimes.com
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