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The tulip bulb mania story is an incredibly persistent but inaccurate myth.


The “debunking” of Tulip Mania has, itself, been thoroughly debunked:

https://fee.org/articles/tulip-mania-not-a-myth/

Plenty of financial records still exist from back then. Tulip bulb mania actually happened.


That article doesn't debunk anything lol Goldgar's points are still just as valid.




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