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281:. World Nuclear Association. August 2009. Archived from
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981:Chinese stock bubble of 2007
943:United States housing bubble
937:2000s Danish property bubble
919:Baltic states housing bubble
695:Second Nova Scotia Gold Rush
203:Andrew Mickey (2008-08-22).
155:Tony Locantro (2005-06-19).
91:The impact of the bubble on
81:renaissance of nuclear power
907:Japanese asset price bubble
895:New Zealand property bubble
864:New Zealand property bubble
793:Third Nova Scotia Gold Rush
561:First Nova Scotia Gold Rush
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967:Chinese property bubble
901:Spanish property bubble
758:1920s Florida land boom
683:Cripple Creek Gold Rush
671:Witwatersrand Gold Rush
612:1870s Lapland gold rush
507:Fraser Canyon Gold Rush
42:was a period of nearly
1100:-related article is a
1006:2000s commodities boom
986:Uranium bubble of 2007
955:Polish property bubble
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847:1970s commodities boom
617:Coromandel Gold Rushes
501:Australian gold rushes
265:"Uranium 101: Markets"
106:2000s commodities boom
40:uranium bubble of 2007
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1030:Cryptocurrency bubble
1018:Corporate debt bubble
925:Irish property bubble
707:Mount Baker gold rush
629:Black Hills gold rush
531:Similkameen Gold Rush
525:Pennsylvania oil rush
513:Pike's Peak gold rush
405:Bengal Bubble of 1769
377:Commercial revolution
352:Irrational exuberance
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635:Colorado Silver Boom
567:West Coast gold rush
519:Rock Creek Gold Rush
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47:at around $ 100/kg.
837:The Great Inflation
820:Porcupine Gold Rush
804:Post–WWII expansion
782:Porcupine Gold Rush
764:Fairbanks Gold Rush
737:Porcupine Gold Rush
719:Fairbanks Gold Rush
489:Victorian gold rush
454:Chilean silver rush
367:Stock market bubble
279:"Supply of Uranium"
178:"Uranium a Bubble?"
18:2007 uranium bubble
776:Cobalt silver rush
731:Cobalt silver rush
689:Klondike Gold Rush
585:Kildonan Gold Rush
573:Big Bend Gold Rush
432:Carolina gold rush
393:Mississippi bubble
362:Real-estate bubble
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623:Cassiar Gold Rush
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591:Omineca Gold Rush
555:Cariboo Gold Rush
537:Stikine Gold Rush
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443:Georgia Gold Rush
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331:Financial bubbles
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387:Tulip mania
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