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Freaks of fortune : the emerging world of capitalism and risk in America / Jonathan Levy.
Publication details: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2012.Description: 414 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:- 9780674047488 :
- 0674047486 :
- HC105 .L48 2012
Contents:
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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| HC 103 .G76 The American heritage history of American business & industry, | HC 103 .O98 2003 Outline of the U.S. economy / | HC 103 .W34 1983 History of the American economy / | HC 105 .L48 2012 Freaks of fortune : the emerging world of capitalism and risk in America / | HC 106 .C52 1967 The enterprising Americans : a business history of the United States / | HC 106.3 .R43 1936 How to abolish poverty, | HC 106.3 .V4 1965 The engineers and the price system / |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 325-393) and index.
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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