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Speculation : A History of the Fine Line Between Gambling and Investing.

Banner, Stuart.

Speculation : A History of the Fine Line Between Gambling and Investing. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (353 pages)

Cover -- Speculation -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. The Land of Speculation -- 2. Betting on Prices -- 3. The Anti-​Option Era -- 4. Selling Blue Sky -- 5. Aftershocks of the Crash -- 6. Land and Onions -- 7. Inside Information -- 8. Speculation or Investment? -- 9. Deregulation and Crisis? -- Index.

Stuart Banner's Speculation is a history of the practice and of Americans' fraught efforts to draw the line between "good" investment and "bad" gambling.

9780190623050


Investments--Law and legislation--United States--History.


Electronic books.

KF1070.B366 2016

346.73/0922

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