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Record Nr.

UNINA9910798991103321

Autore

Banner Stuart <1963->

Titolo

Speculation : a history of the elusive line between gambling and investment / / Stuart Banner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

0-19-062306-3

0-19-062305-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (353 pages) : illustrations, tables

Disciplina

346.73/0922

Soggetti

Investments - Law and legislation - United States - History

Capital market - Law and legislation - United States - History

Speculation - Law and legislation - United States - History

Speculation - United States - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

The land of speculation -- Betting on prices -- The anti-option era -- Selling blue sky -- Aftershocks of the crash -- Land and onions -- Inside information -- Speculation or investment? -- Deregulation and crisis?.