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Wheels of Fortune: The History of Speculation from Scandal to Respectability

ISBN: 978-0-471-47973-4
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368 pages
December 2003
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Acknowledgments vi

Introduction vii

Chapter 1 A Tale of the Pits 1

Chapter 2 Futures and 'Wild Jackasses' 49

Chapter 3 The Great Bear Hunt 99

Chapter 4 Expanding the Menu 143

Chapter 5 Metals and Money 187

Chapter 6 Chicago Follies 243

Chapter 7 Rogues' Gallery 297

Postscript 353

Bibliography 355

Index 360

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