FTP, what was this speculative "bubble" named for an American river?
This disaster had its origins in the publication of the tract Money and Trade Considered, which advocated a variation of mercantilism incorporating a central bank as an agency for manufacturing money.  France agreed to try the plan in 1716, leading its mastermind to found the Banque Generale, which was soon combined with a company empowered to develop France's North American territories, especially the namesake region, but the plan soon foundered, ruining many investors, including its developer, John Law.  FTP, what was this speculative "bubble" named for an American river?
This disaster had its origins in the publication of the tract Money and Trade Considered, which advocated a variation of mercantilism incorporating a central bank as an agency for manufacturing money.  
Mississippi bubble