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• South_Sea_Company abstract "The South Sea Company (officially The Governor and Company of the merchants of Great Britain, trading to the South Seas and other parts of America, and for the encouragement of fishing) was a British joint-stock company founded in 1711, created as a public–private partnership to consolidate and reduce the cost of national debt. The company was also granted a monopoly to trade with South America, hence its name. At the time it was created, Britain was involved in the War of the Spanish Succession and Spain controlled South America. There was no realistic prospect that trade would take place and the company never realised any significant profit from its monopoly. Company stock rose greatly in value as it expanded its operations dealing in government debt, peaking in 1720 before collapsing to little above its original flotation price; this became known as the South Sea Bubble.A considerable number of people were ruined by the share collapse, and the national economy greatly reduced as a result. The founders of the scheme engaged in insider trading, using their advance knowledge of when national debt was to be consolidated to make large profits from purchasing debt in advance. Huge bribes were given to politicians to support the Acts of Parliament necessary for the scheme. Company money was used to deal in its own shares, and selected individuals purchasing shares were given loans backed by those same shares to spend on purchasing more shares. The expectation of vast wealth from trade with South America was used to encourage the public to purchase shares, despite the limited likelihood this would ever happen. The only significant trade that did take place was in slaves, but the company failed to manage this profitably.A parliamentary enquiry was held after the crash to discover its causes. A number of politicians were disgraced, and people found to have profited unlawfully from the company had assets confiscated proportionately to their gains (most had already been rich men and remained comfortably rich). The company was restructured and continued to operate for more than a century after the Bubble. The headquarters were in Threadneedle Street at the centre of the financial district in London, in which street today can be found the Bank of England. At the time of these events this also was a private company dealing in national debt, and the crash of its rival consolidated its position as banker to the British government.The Bubble Act 1720 (6 Geo I, c 18), which forbade the creation of joint-stock companies without royal charter, was promoted by the South Sea company itself before its collapse. This was an effort to prevent the increasing competition for investors, which it saw from companies springing up around it.".
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• South_Sea_Company wikiPageExternalLink iot_20121220-1300a.mp3.
• South_Sea_Company wikiPageExternalLink southsea.htm.
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• South_Sea_Company subject Category:1711_establishments_in_Great_Britain.
• South_Sea_Company subject Category:African_slave_trade.
• South_Sea_Company subject Category:Age_of_Sail.
• South_Sea_Company subject Category:Chartered_companies.
• South_Sea_Company subject Category:Companies_established_in_1711.
• South_Sea_Company subject Category:Corruption_in_the_United_Kingdom.
• South_Sea_Company subject Category:Defunct_companies_of_the_United_Kingdom.
• South_Sea_Company subject Category:Economic_bubbles.
• South_Sea_Company subject Category:Financial_crises.
• South_Sea_Company subject Category:Georgian_era.
• South_Sea_Company subject Category:History_of_banking.
• South_Sea_Company subject Category:Political_scandals_in_the_United_Kingdom.
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• South_Sea_Company comment "The South Sea Company (officially The Governor and Company of the merchants of Great Britain, trading to the South Seas and other parts of America, and for the encouragement of fishing) was a British joint-stock company founded in 1711, created as a public–private partnership to consolidate and reduce the cost of national debt. The company was also granted a monopoly to trade with South America, hence its name.".
• South_Sea_Company label "Bolla della South Sea Company".
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• South_Sea_Company label "Kompania Mórz Południowych".
• South_Sea_Company label "South Sea Company".
• South_Sea_Company label "South Sea Company".
• South_Sea_Company label "Südseeblase".
• South_Sea_Company label "Компания Южных морей".
• South_Sea_Company label "شركة البحر الجنوبي".
• South_Sea_Company label "南海会社".
• South_Sea_Company label "南海泡沫事件".
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