Freaks of fortune : the emerging world of capitalism and risk in America /

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"Focusing on the hopes and anxieties of ordinary people, Jonathan Levy shows how risk developed through the extraordinary growth of new financial institutions--insurance corporations, savings banks, mortgage-backed securities markets, commodities futures markets, and securities markets--while p...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Levy, Jonathan, 1978- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2012.
Temas:
1800-1899
Capitalism > United States > History > 19th century.
Risk > Sociological aspects > History > 19th century.
Risk-taking (Psychology) > United States > History > 19th century.
Risque > Aspect sociologique > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Prise de risque > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Free Enterprise.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economic History.
Capitalism
Economic history
Risk > Sociological aspects
Risk-taking (Psychology)
Social conditions
Risiko
Wirtschaft
Kapitalismus
United States > Economic conditions > 19th century.
United States > Social conditions > 19th century.
États-Unis > Conditions économiques > 19e siècle.
États-Unis > Conditions sociales > 19e siècle.
United States
USA
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The assumption of risk
  • The perils of the seas
  • The actuarial science of freedom
  • The failure of the freedman's bank
  • Betting the farm
  • Fraternity in the age of capital
  • Trading the future
  • The trust question.

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