"Tulip mania"--the rapid rise and sudden fall of the price of tulip bulbs in seventeenth-century Amsterdam--is often cited as an example of the perils of rampant market speculation. However, recent research has demonstrated that the episode was neither as frenzied nor as disastrous as has been thought. The popular myth surrounding it, _________ should be regarded with some skepticism.

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