
Devil Take The Hindmost: Is your investment in that new Internet stock a sign of stock market savvy or an act of peculiarly American speculative folly? How has the psychology of investing changed--and not changed--over the last five hundred years? Edward Chancellor examines the nature of speculation--from medieval Europe to the Tulip mania of the 1630s to today's Internet stock craze. A contributing writer to The Financial Times and The Economist, Chancellor looks at both the psychological and economic forces that drive people to "bet" their money in markets; how markets are made, unmade, and manipulated; and who wins when speculation runs rampant. Drawing colorfully on the words of such speculators as Sir Isaac Newton, Daniel Defoe, Ivan Boesky, and Hillary Rodham Clinton, Devil Take the Hindmost is part history, part social science, and purely illuminating: an erudite and hugely entertaining book that is more timely today than ever before.
"Entertaining, useful, admirable scholarship . . . Chancellor seems to have read everything." --Adam Smith, The New York Times Book Review
"Anyone contemplating a stock market venture and certainly anyone now involved should read this book."--John Kenneth Gailbraith
Andrew Lloyd Webber bets again on 'Phantom' sequel - Wall Street Journal
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Andrew Lloyd Webber bets again on 'Phantom' sequelWall Street JournalThe sequel's score, which includes the haunting "'Til I Hear You Sing," the sublime "The Beauty Underneath" and the rocking "Devil Take the Hindmost," doesn't necessarily have a standout hit like "The Music of the Night" from "Phantom," but Phillips ...and more » |
Letter - The irony of Christians and politics - Alexandria Echo Press
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Letter - The irony of Christians and politicsAlexandria Echo PressAnyone who thinks that Jesus of Nazareth would approve of rugged individualism (every man for himself and the devil take the hindmost) had better read the Gospels with a bit more care and scrutiny. Anyone who thinks that Jesus of Nazareth would approve ... |
Lyimo:Lubuva must strive to revamp NEC, not whine about the scheme of things - The Citizen Daily
We can't cheat the Pied Piper - Daily Pioneer
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We can't cheat the Pied PiperDaily PioneerIt is a Devil take the hindmost kind of economic thinking fuelled by the cynical thought that the perpetrators of the outrage won't be there when their successors discover the hollowness of their fiscal predicament. The irony is in the fact that ... |
Don't dismiss nimbyism – it's the default mode of politics - The Guardian
The Truth About Gold - Seeking Alpha
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The Truth About GoldSeeking AlphaIn addition, the price of gold being set by global psychology and not being supported by anything else, a break in the price could lead to a rush for the exit, and the devil take the hindmost. What might make that happen? For example: A solution or ... |
Beware Of Rigged Bets - IndexUniverse.com (blog)
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Beware Of Rigged BetsIndexUniverse.com (blog)... James, a former FT journalist, in his excellent 1997 history of money, Frozen Desire. It's hard to imagine a world more different from the recent "devil take the hindmost" philosophy characterising the behaviour of those running the financial markets.and more » |
Mobility and immobility both have their downsides - The Newark Advocate
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Mobility and immobility both have their downsidesThe Newark AdvocateThe mobility of capital and the ability of workers to relocate are considered almost vital necessities, and for the particular family or individual who has their reasons for not being able to move, well, "devil take the hindmost. |
Vulture capitalism or populist demagoguery? - East Texas Review
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Vulture capitalism or populist demagoguery?East Texas ReviewLet-the-devil-take-the-hindmost capitalism, economic Darwinism, is neither conservatism nor Americanism. Should Mitt Romney be nominated, he will need to make a national address defending his career at Bain Capital with the same conviction and passion ...and more » |
Patrick Buchanan: Vulture Capitalism Or Populist Demagoguery? – OpEd - Eurasia Review