‘A masterpiece of knavery’? The activities of the Sword Blade Company in London's early financial markets

Stuart Bell

Business History, 2012, vol. 54, issue 4, 623-638

Abstract: Best known for their role in promoting the South Sea Bubble, the proprietors of the Sword Blade Company were involved in an audacious debt-for-equity swap more than 15 years earlier. Close study of this demonstrates the deployment of some of the same financial and rhetorical techniques albeit on a more modest scale. It also throws light on the operation of early financial markets in London, and the opportunities that existed for financiers to exploit the porous barrier between the public and private financial spheres, while underlining the instability of institutional architecture during the financial revolution.

Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1080/00076791.2012.683416

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