Devil Take the Hindmost: A History of Financial Speculation James M. Kauffman and the styles with which

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Devil Take the Hindmost: A History of Financial Speculation James M. Kauffman and the styles with whichA 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 changedand not changedover 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