Which Frenchman's failed Mississippi Company scheme caused one of history's first major stock market bubbles in 1720?
Long before dot-com crashes or crypto meltdowns, an ambitious Scotsman-turned-Frenchman managed to bankrupt half of Paris with promises of Louisiana gold. Spoiler: there wasn't much gold.
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What was the name of the digital cash system created by David Chaum in 1989, often considered the first attempt at electronic money?
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Which fictional Scrooge-like character famously utters the phrase 'Please, sir, I want some more' in a Charles Dickens novel about poverty?
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