MN-001 · 1637
Speculative bubble · Dutch Republic
Tulip Mania — a flower bubble that ruined fewer people than its legend
February 1637 · Collapsed
MN-002 · 1720
Speculative bubble · Britain
The South Sea Bubble — a debt-conversion scheme that wrecked a nation’s fortunes
September 1720 · Collapsed
MN-003 · 1720
Speculative bubble · France
The Mississippi Bubble — paper money that bankrupted a kingdom’s faith in banks
1720 · Collapsed
MN-004 · 1846
Speculative bubble · Britain
Railway Mania — a transport revolution that ruined the people who funded it
Late 1845 · Collapsed
MN-005 · 1926
Speculative bubble · Florida
The Florida Land Boom — paradise sold ten times a day, then a hurricane closed the sale
1925–26 · Collapsed
MN-006 · 1929
Speculative bubble · United States
The 1929 Wall Street Crash — the boom that bought stocks with money it didn’t have
October 1929 · Market crash
MN-007 · 2000
Speculative bubble · United States
The Dot-com Bubble — companies valued on clicks, not cash, until the cash ran out
March 2000 · Market crash
MN-008 · 2008
Speculative bubble · United States
The US Housing Bubble — the belief that house prices could only rise
2007–2008 · Market crash
MN-009 · 1991
Speculative bubble · Japan
The Japanese Asset Price Bubble — when Tokyo land outvalued a continent
1990–1991 · Collapsed
MN-010 · 1999
Speculative bubble · United States
Beanie Babies — a $5 toy mistaken for a retirement fund
~1999 · Deflated
MN-011 · 1980
Market corner · United States
The Hunt Brothers’ Silver Corner — two billionaires who broke themselves cornering silver
27 March 1980 · Collapsed
MN-012 · 1970
Mining bubble · Australia
The Poseidon Bubble — a nickel strike that turned 80 cents into $280
February 1970 · Collapsed
MN-013 · 1997
Mining fraud · Canada
Bre-X — the largest gold deposit ever found did not exist
May 1997 · Collapsed
MN-014 · 2021
Speculative bubble · United States
The GameStop Frenzy — a crowd torched the shorts, then bought the top
February 2021 · Deflated
MN-015 · 1898
Speculative bubble · United Kingdom
The Bicycle Mania — a new machine bred a paper boom that broke
1897–1898 · Collapsed