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Devil Take the Hindmost
Edward Chancellor's history of financial speculation from tulips to the 1990s: the recurring anatomy of manias, the role of credit and new technology, and why each generation says 'this time is different'.
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Prereqs: Bubbles & manias (Markets). Next: The Alchemy of Finance; Crashed. Book: Edward Chancellor, *Devil Take the Hindmost: A History of Financial Speculation* (1999).Next: 1. Episodes