The south sea company sold the government's debt. It didn't sell the debt at a discount. It sold the debt for more money than was owed and used various schemes to support its stock price.
It reminds me a bit of Enron which booked profits that it made trading with itself.
Now if I could just figure out a way to sell stock in my student loans....
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