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Freaks of Fortune: The Emerging World of Capitalism and Risk in America

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Description for Freaks of Fortune: The Emerging World of Capitalism and Risk in America Paperback. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: HBJK; KCP; KCZ; KFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 161 x 29. Weight in Grams: 616.

Until the early nineteenth century, “risk” was a specialized term: it was the commodity exchanged in a marine insurance contract. Freaks of Fortune tells the story of how the modern concept of risk emerged in the United States. Born on the high seas, risk migrated inland and became essential to the financial management of an inherently uncertain capitalist future.

Focusing on the hopes and anxieties of ordinary people, Jonathan Levy shows how risk developed through the extraordinary growth of new financial institutions—insurance corporations, savings banks, mortgage-backed securities markets, commodities futures markets, and securities markets—while posing inescapable moral questions. For ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Weight
616g
Number of Pages
432
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674736351
SKU
V9780674736351
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99-1

About Jonathan Levy
Jonathan Levy is Associate Professor of History at the University of Chicago.

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