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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... read more
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- Michael Milken: Add a description of this character.
- Jay Gould
- Hudson
- Drexel
- John Law
- Daniel Defoe
- Campeau
- Friedman
- Daniel Drew
- James Grant
- Adam Smith
- Keating
- Kotani
- Corbin
- Reagan
- Roosevelt
- Richard Steele
- Clinton
- Keynes
- William Fowler
- Boesky
- Scott
- Mr. Market
- Lincoln
- Vega
- Fisk
- Hutcheson
- Ishii
- Greenspan
- Henry Adams
- Disraeli
- James Medbery
- George Soros
- Mrs. Onoue
- Warren Buffett
- Morse
- Meehan
- Phipps
- Alexander Dana Noyes
- Herbert Hoover
- Neal
- Coolidge
- Jay Cooke
Setting & Locations edit
- New York
- London
- Japan
- Wall Street
- South Sea Company
- South America
- United States
- England
- France
- Tokyo
- Britain
- Europe
- Amsterdam
- East India Company
- Tulip Mania
- Washington
- Rome
- Paris
- Chicago
- California
- Harlem
- Crash
- Manhattan
- Texas
- Mississippi
- Gold Room
- Pennsylvania
- Scotland
- Wales
- Railway Mania
- Antwerp
Authors & Contributors edit
- Edward Chancellor (Author)
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- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 332.64509
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