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


Andrew Lloyd Webber bets again on 'Phantom' sequel
Wall Street Journal
The 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 ...

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Letter - The irony of Christians and politics - Alexandria Echo Press


Letter - The irony of Christians and politics
Alexandria Echo Press
Anyone 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


Lyimo:Lubuva must strive to revamp NEC, not whine about the scheme of things
The Citizen Daily
As they say, he who hesitates is lost -- and may the Devil take the hindmost! Apparently, Lubuva hesitated because he was daunted by the challenging responsibilities of the post. In other words: he doubted his capability and ability to steer the ...

We can't cheat the Pied Piper - Daily Pioneer


We can't cheat the Pied Piper
Daily Pioneer
It 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 Guardian

Don't dismiss nimbyism – it's the default mode of politics
The Guardian
... faith in economics to inform them, but what is better? Decisions on the fate of the British environment seem close to random. In such circumstances, all the public can do is fight for its own patch of heaven, and let the devil take the hindmost.

The Truth About Gold - Seeking Alpha


The Truth About Gold
Seeking Alpha
In 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)


Beware Of Rigged Bets
IndexUniverse.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.

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Mobility and immobility both have their downsides - The Newark Advocate


Mobility and immobility both have their downsides
The Newark Advocate
The 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


Vulture capitalism or populist demagoguery?
East Texas Review
Let-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 ...

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Patrick Buchanan: Vulture Capitalism Or Populist Demagoguery? – OpEd - Eurasia Review


Patrick Buchanan: Vulture Capitalism Or Populist Demagoguery? – OpEd
Eurasia Review
Let-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 ...

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