Many things account for Haiti’s modern troubles. A good perspective on them comes from going back in time to 1715 or so—and grappling with a far-flung narrative involving the French monarchy, a financial speculator named John Law, and a stock-market crash called the “Mississippi Bubble.”
The ‘Mississippi Bubble’ and the complex history of Haiti
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