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Freaks of fortune : the emerging world of capitalism and risk in America
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Freaks of fortune : the emerging world of capitalism and risk in America / Jonathan Levy.
ISBN
9780674047488 (alk. paper)
Published
Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2012.
Physical Description
414 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
July 07, 2014
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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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