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A world of chance : betting on religion, games, Wall Street /

"Although financial markets often try to distance themselves from gambling, the two have far more in common than is usually thought. When there were no financial institutions such as banks, people disposed of expensive items and governments raised money quickly through lotteries. Gambling table...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Brenner, Reuven
Otros Autores: Brenner, Gabrielle A., Brown, Aaron, 1956-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge : New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a From religion to risk management: what to do when facing uncertainty? / Reaven Brenner, Gabrielle A. Brenner -- Anything wrong with gambling as a pastime? / Reuven Brenner, Gabrielle A. Brenner -- Are you rich? Risk-taking and gambling, or the leapfrogging instinct / Reuven Brenner, Gabrielle A. Brenner -- Betting on futures and creating prices / Reuven Brenner -- Gambling as banking: poker, junk bonds, and central banks / Reuven Brenner, Aaron Brown -- Lottery is a taxation, and heav'n be prais'd, it is easily rais'd / Reuven Brenner, Gabrielle A. Brenner -- Politics and prohibitions; or, what's a good tax anyway? / Reuven Brenner -- How gamblers and risk-takers correct the future / Reuven Brenner, Gabrielle A. Brenner -- Gambling and risk-taking: the leapfrogging instinct / Reuven Brenner -- Human nature and the civilizing process / Reuven Brenner -- A statistical profile of gamblers / Reuven Brenner, Gabrielle A. Brenner, Claude Montmarquette. 
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