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The History Of Credit Bubbles

There exists a significant amount of historic evidence of the repetitive nature of credit bubbles. Financial historians have accumulated data and evidence as far back as 900 AD. That's 1200 years of boom and bust cycles. Of the 27 previous documented bubbles, there was never an occasion when an economic expansion due to credit creation did not deflate. Below are articles and pictures showing a small part of this history.