Devil Take the Hindmost
A History of Financial Speculation
Ranked #19 in Futures Trading, Ranked #34 in Mutual Funds — see more rankings.
A lively, original, and challenging history of stock market speculation from the 17th century to present day.
Is your investment in that new Internet stock a sign of stock market savvy or an act of peculiarly American speculative folly? How has the psychology of investing changed--and not changed--over the last five hundred years?
In Devil Take the Hindmost, Edward Chancellor traces the origins of the speculative spirit back to ancient Rome and chronicles its revival in the modern world: from the tulip scandal of 1630s Holland, to "stockjobbing" in... more
Is your investment in that new Internet stock a sign of stock market savvy or an act of peculiarly American speculative folly? How has the psychology of investing changed--and not changed--over the last five hundred years?
In Devil Take the Hindmost, Edward Chancellor traces the origins of the speculative spirit back to ancient Rome and chronicles its revival in the modern world: from the tulip scandal of 1630s Holland, to "stockjobbing" in... more
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Devil Take the Hindmost is ranked in the following categories:
- #91 in Banking
- #66 in Economic History
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