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Devil Take the Hindmost

A History of Financial Speculation

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Devil Take the Hindmost

By: Edward Chancellor
Narrated by: Nigel Patterson
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Devil Take the Hindmost is a lively, original, and challenging history of stock market speculation from the 17th 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.

©1999 Edward Chancellor (P)2019 Tantor Economics Investing & Trading World Investing Money Business Banking Stock Capitalism Stock Market History
Lively Writing • Comprehensive History • Balanced Narrative • Exceptional Storytelling • Educational Content
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The latter is as soothing as the former is distressing! Only nit is that Scholes is pronounced “Sholz” not “Skoles”.

Great contender and excellent narrator

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An informative listen on the history of financial irrational exuberance through history. I enjoyed every minute of it

Great lesson in financial history

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Great overview of Financial Bubbles. Gives quite good description of events happening during episodes of excess speculation

Great overview of history of Financial bubbles

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While the books author certainly has an opinion he discusses the various viewpoints and economic theories with respect and understanding while also pulling in characters and cultural factors as well

Great overview

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Terrific and supremely well written tale of financial engineering, hysteria, greed and beyond, needs to read/listened to by investor and trader alike.

History of Speculation

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Good historic review of mkt speculation. Easy read. History might not repeat itself but it does rhyme. Even in fianance

Speculation in mkts

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Financial history at its best. Most people would benefit from a greater understanding of these timeless market dynamics.

Financial history

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Best book you could read on when markets go wrong. Didn’t like that commentator was British. One word: 1776

9.9/10

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Greedy people make for interesting listening. Fascinating book on speculative economics, JP Morgan seems like a clown compared to these gamblers .

Greed is good…until it’s not

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This is truly an great book in the history of stock trading speculation from the tulip mania to present day. Every active trader should be a student of history so it won't be repeated in the wrong way!

Every active trader needs to hear this book

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