| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xiv, 386 pages cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [351]-370) and index. |
| Contents |
"This bubble world": the origins of financial speculation -- Stockjobbing in 'Change Alley: the projecting age of the 1690s -- "The never-to-be-forgot or forgiven South-Sea Scheme" -- Fool's gold: the emerging markets of the 1820s -- "A ready communication": the railway mania of 1845 -- "Befooled, bewitched and bedeviled": speculation in the gilded age -- The end of a new era: the crash of 1929 and its aftermath -- Cowboy capitalism: from Bretton Woods to Michael Milken -- Kamikaze capitalism: the Japanese bubble economy of the 1980s. |
| Subject |
Speculation -- History.
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| ISBN |
0374138583 alkaline paper |
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9780374138585 alkaline paper |
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