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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? Edward Chancellor examines the nature of speculation--from medieval Europe to the Tulip mania of the 1630s to today's Internet stock craze. A contributing writer to The Financial Times and The Economist, looks at both the psychological and economic forces that drive people to "bet" their money in markets; how markets are made, unmade, and manipulated; and who wins when speculation runs rampant. Drawing colorfully on the words of such speculators as Sir Isaac Newton, Daniel Defoe, Ivan Boesky, and Hillary Rodham Clinton, Devil Take the Hindmost is part history, part social science, and purely illuminating: an erudite and hugely entertaining book that is more timely today than ever before.
Revue de presse
“The subtle ways in which individual investors become drawn into crowd behavior is a much studied phenomenon, covered brilliantly... in the book Devil Take the Hindmost.”—The Daily Telegraph (London)
“The South Sea Company is one of the great bubble and crash stories. Many books have referred to it. One of the finest is Devil Take the Hindmost.”—Debashis Basu, Money Life
“Excellent.”—City A.M.
“[An] essential history of financial manias.”—The Observer
“A lively history of speculative manias and bubbles by a British banker turned writer.”—Susan Adams, Forbes
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Hardback. Etat : Good. Devil Take the Hindmost is a lively, original, and challenging history of stock market speculation from the seventeenth century to the present day. 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 London's Exchange Alley (where wine sold at auction by an inch of a candle), to the infamous South Sea Bubble of 1719, which prompted investor Sir Isaac Newton to comment, I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies, but not the madness of people. Here are brokers underwriting risks that included highway robbery and the assurance of female chastity; credit notes and lottery tickets circulating as money; wise and unwise investors from Alexander Pope and Benjamin Disraeli to Ivan Boesky and Hillary Rodham Clinton.From the Gilded Age to the Roaring Twenties, from the railway mania of nineteenth-century America to the crash of 1929, from junk bonds and the Japanese bubble economy to day-traders of the Information Era, Devil Take the Hindmost tells a fascinating story of human dreams and folly through the ages. N° de réf. du vendeur 00109978719
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Hardback. Etat : Good. Devil Take the Hindmost is a lively, original, and challenging history of stock market speculation from the seventeenth century to the present day. 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 London's Exchange Alley (where wine sold at auction by an inch of a candle), to the infamous South Sea Bubble of 1719, which prompted investor Sir Isaac Newton to comment, I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies, but not the madness of people. Here are brokers underwriting risks that included highway robbery and the assurance of female chastity; credit notes and lottery tickets circulating as money; wise and unwise investors from Alexander Pope and Benjamin Disraeli to Ivan Boesky and Hillary Rodham Clinton.From the Gilded Age to the Roaring Twenties, from the railway mania of nineteenth-century America to the crash of 1929, from junk bonds and the Japanese bubble economy to day-traders of the Information Era, Devil Take the Hindmost tells a fascinating story of human dreams and folly through the ages. N° de réf. du vendeur CIN0374138583G
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Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice book in great condition. Pages in excellent condition. Pages in unused condition. Hardcover. English. Pub Year 2000, See images for condition. About the book >.>.> Devil Take the Hindmost: A History of Financial Speculation by Edward Chancellor provides an in-depth exploration of stock-market speculation from the seventeenth century to the present. Challenging the modern notion that speculation is a benign economic activity, Chancellor argues that historical events, such as the 1929 Crash in the United States and Japan's economic struggles in the 1990s, reveal the potential dangers of speculative behaviour. Notable figures, including financier George Soros, express concern over the growing threats of speculation, hinting at the possibility of an impending global financial crisis.The narrative delves into the diverse motivations behind speculation, illustrating that it is not merely driven by fear and greed but encompasses a broader spectrum of human aspirations and compulsions. Chancellor examines the origins of speculative fervour, tracing its roots back to ancient Rome and detailing notable events like the Tulip Mania of the 1630s in Holland. He chronicles the evolution of speculation into the modern era, highlighting the stock-jobbers of London's Exchange Alley in the late seventeenth century and the emergence of online day-traders in today?s digital age.Focusing particularly on the development of speculation within the United States, Chancellor's work encompasses pivotal moments such as the actions of Jay Gould during the Gilded Age, the economic exuberance of the Roaring Twenties, and the junk-bond craze of the 1980s. Through these accounts, Devil Take the Hindmost reveals the rich history of financial speculation, illustrating its complexity and the various human impulses that drive such economic activities. (SP). N° de réf. du vendeur Batch-FM773-VG-15361
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