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This week we\u2019re marking 300 years since one of the most infamous stock market crashes in English history. It was a bubble fuelled by wild speculation and driven by dubious morals \u2013 and a bubble which ruined the fortunes of many investors, including some whose estates are now cared for by English Heritage.\n\nJoining us to discuss the South Sea Company stock market bubble \u2013 and crash \u2013 are properties historians team leader Dr Andrew Hann and Dr Helen Paul, who\u2019s a Lecturer in Economics and Economic History at the University of Southampton.\n\nTo learn about the impact of the South Sea Bubble at Brodsworth Hall and Gardens in South Yorkshire, go to www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/brodsworth-hall-and-gardens/history\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices