To build on this, the tulip trade has continued to bring long term income for the growers and merchants even after the bubble popped. The Netherlands are still the largest Tulip cultivators in the world. It still accounts for about 10% of the Dutch GDP. Apologies for not crediting who I heard it from first, but I did hear that on a podcast. It may have been one of @walker's guests recently.

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