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The Tulip Agreement by Arnold Jansen op de Haar
During the past few weeks I’ve frequently been reminded of the 1634–1637 tulip mania. In the early seventeenth century, French ladies at court would pay hundreds of guilders for a tulip flower, which they wore in their décolleté at gala evenings.
The tulip market in Haarlem collapsed on a dark February evening in 1637. Suddenly people became aware they were dealing with a scam. It was the first well reported boom and bust; they called it tulip mania.
I had two dreams last…
Added by Bernadette Jansen op de Haar on May 2, 2012 at 12:08pm — No Comments
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