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1. Liquidity Crisis

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   While the underlying mechanics evolve with financial innovation, the basic human element driving liquidity crises remains constant. Key historical episodes include:
   The South Sea Bubble (1720)/): While ostensibly a stock mania, the crisis was precipitated by the sudden cessation of confidence in maritime trade prospects, causing the price of paper promises related to navigation routes to collapse relative to physical gold held in London vaults.
   *The [Banking Panic of 1907](/entries/…