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Re:Tulip mania: the classic story of a Dutch financial bubbl... by shitgoose on Saturday February 17, 2018 @01:05PM (#16401802)
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/11/16/leonardo-da-vinci...

this counts as many many homes, and no one seems to flinch.

we don't know who bought 5,000 guilder tulip, but we can assume that he could afford it.

_Is this evidence of absence, or absence of evidence?_

author spent a long time in archives studying this particular subject. this is evidence of absence.

in any case, even at inflated prices, buyers were getting something they could touch. what buyers of $1,450 Amazon share are getting - is totally unclear. no voting rights, no dividends, nothing. one helluva value.

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