Tulipmania was the result of financial market irrationality.
A visitor looks out at the flowers at
Tulipmania floral display in the flower dome at Garden by the Bay in Singapore.
From
Tulipmania in Rembrandt's Amsterdam to subprime lunacy in Bernanke's New York, the lessons of markets are always learnt the hard way.
Traditional examples include the Dutch
Tulipmania, and the 1929 Great Crash in the United States.
104) ANDREI SHLEIFER, INEFFICIENT MARKETS: AN INTRODUCTION TO BEHAVIORAL FINANCE 172 (2000) (citing several examples, including futures contracts on tulips during the
Tulipmania of the 1630s).
The
Tulipmania in Ottawa is celebrated with 10,000 tulip bulbs that were gifted by Holland for saving the Dutch royal family about half a century ago.
The term
tulipmania is now used to refer to any large economic bubble.
The Dutch
Tulipmania occurred during the origins of modern capitalism, and the 1920's represented the zenith of unrestricted commerce.
The exhibition
Tulipmania displayed the new works of artist Ali Bilgrami who combined contemporary miniature painting, drawing and liquid light prints.
Booms and busts; an encyclopedia of economic history from
tulipmania of the 1630s to the global financial crisis of the 21st century; 3v.
TULIPMANIA is rife in gardening circles and it's easy to see why as they fill the garden with colour and shape in late spring.
Booms and busts: An encyclopedia of economic history from
Tulipmania of the 1630s to the global financial crisis of the 21st century.
