Monday, March 24, 2008

Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it

Dutch Tulip Bulb Bubble Bursts…Again

The Dutch were fooled again and fell victim to the siren's song of tulip bulbs:

Over there in the Netherlands, court proceedings are starting this week on the "biggest speculation fraud ever in the Netherlands", according to a national newspaper that ran a big story about it . Investors have lost tens of millions of euros in what turned out to be a big pyramid scheme.

Now for the ultimate irony. Any ideas what these people were investing in? Tulip bulbs. Really

guess santayana will be smiling in his grave