Sir Isaac Newton (1642 – 1727)

“I CAN CALCULATE THE

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BODIES, BUT NOT THE MADNESS

OFPEOPLE.”

DUTCH GOLDEN AGE

• 17th Century – Through a merging of events, the Dutch reached a Golden Age

• Creation of a Middle Class

Artists: Rembrandt, Vermeer

ECONOMICS

•VOC – Dutch East India Company•First ever multinational company (1602)•First modern stock exchange

•Monopoly on trade•Tulip Mania

REASONS FOR THE GOLDEN AGE …

• Cheap Energy from:• Invention of Windmills• Use of Peat (energy)

• Sawmills led to:• Boat building economy• Ships for Trade & Navy

• Tolerant Society• Exploration of Science• Religious and Intellectual safety

How much would you pay for a Tulip?

Goods allegedly exchanged for a single bulb of the Viceroy

Two lasts of wheat 448ƒFour lasts of rye 558ƒFour fat oxen 480ƒEight fat swine 240ƒTwelve fat sheep 120ƒTwo hogsheads of wine 70ƒFour tuns of beer 32ƒTwo tons of butter 192ƒ1,000 lb. of cheese 120ƒA complete bed 100ƒA suit of clothes 80ƒA silver drinking cup 60ƒTotal 2500ƒ

The Mosaic Virus• Mosaic Virus caused ‘Broken Tulip coloration’

• Rarity created demand• Demand could not be met

• Rare tulips take time to grow and are fragile

• Valued tulips now extinctNormal Tulip vs.

Tulip with Mosaic Virus

• Definition 1 = The buying and selling of stuff

• Definition 2 = The study of the production, distribution and consumption of goods and services

• Supply & Demand

WHAT IS ECONOMICS ?= Study of Commerce

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Return on investment of 25%More than 5x what a bank would give you!

STOCKS/SHARES = SHARED RISK

Expedition Share/Inv. Result Return

Japan $100 Boat sunk $0

Malacca $100 Success +$225

China $100 Rats +$50

India $100 Success +$175

China $100 Success +$150

Java $100 Success +$150

Total: +$750

• Allows individuals to buy shares or stock in a company

• “Shared ownership”

• Bull Market

(prices go up)

• Bear Market

(prices go down)

STOCK EXCHANGE(video)

MONOPOLY

• When one person or enterprise is the only source of a good or service

• Dutch had a monopoly on spices from Asia

TULIP BUBBLE aka TULIP MANIA• Definition: when asset prices deviate from intrinsic value

(prices are out of whack)• Inflated expectations = inflated prices• A trigger collapses the artificial prices (Bubble Bursts)

= economic destruction

What is ‘Black Friday’ ???

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