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About to watch another Alicia Vikander film: Tulip Fever. I don't know what it will be about, but it's likely about the 'tulip fever' which was the first financial bubble that burst spectacularly, centuries ago. People invested in tulip bulbs and drove the price way above its intrinsic value, with the inevitable crash next. I'm sure there were bulb-bros at the time.
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Alicia Vikander - IMDb

Alicia Vikander, Actress: Ex Machina. Alicia Vikander is a Swedish actress, dancer and producer. She was born and raised in Gothenburg, Västra Götalands län, Sweden, to Maria Fahl-Vikander, an actress of stage and screen, and Svante Vikander, a psych…
Alicia Vikander (IMDb)
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> The most expensive tulip receipts that Goldgar found were for 5,000 guilders, the going rate for a nice house in 1637. But those exorbitant prices were outliers. She only found 37 people who paid more than 300 guilders for a tulip bulb, the equivalent of what a skilled craftsman earned in a year.

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it's a myth


The Real Story Behind the 17th-Century ‘Tulip Mania’ Financial Crash

The speculative frenzy over tulips in 17th century Holland spawned outrageous prices for exotic flower bulbs. But accounts of the subsequent crash may be more fiction than fact.
Dave Roos (HISTORY)
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it was literally the rich 17th century Dutch buying the "I AM RICH" iPhone app for $1000 that does nothing
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@feld Still a lot of money, but ok, it's a myth. Thanks for the link!
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