Edward Chancellor studied history in Great Britain at both Cambridge and Oxford Universities. In the early 1990s he worked for the investment bank Lazard Brothers. He is a freelance journalist, and lives in London.
In an era of rampant speculation and questionable investor habits, it is a pleasure to read an insightful, well-focused analysis of the events that have dominated social and economic history since at least the second century B.C.E. Starting with the speculative frenzy that gripped ancient Rome, British business journalist Chancellor goes on to provide keen insight into a wide variety of events, including the emergence of stock exchanges from the great fairs of northern Europe, the tulip mania that gripped the Dutch Republic in the 1630s, the insanity of the Mississippi and South Sea bubbles, the robber barons and their impact during the Gilded Age, the events leading to the Crash of 1929, the Japanese bubble economy of the 1980s, the Mexican crisis of 1994, the Asian market crisis of 1997, and the speculative manias that have accompanied the emergence of new technologies, including railroads, the telegraph, automobiles, radio, and the Internet. A well-rounded presentation that should be included in all public and academic libraries.ÄNorman B. Hutcherson, Beale Memorial Lib., Bakersfield, CA Copyright 1999 Cahners Business Information.
Praise for Devil Take the Hindmost
"An admirably researched and very well written account of
speculative insanity from the earliest times to, let no one doubt,
the present. Anyone contemplating a stock market venture and
certainly anyone now involved should read this book."--John Kenneth
Galbraith "The greatest hits of financial silliness recounted
coherently and...gracefully...Chancellor does a fine job of
capturing the atmosphere of the times."--Forbes magazine
"Entertaining, useful, admirable scholarship...Chancellor seems to
have read everything."--The New York Times Book Review "The subtle
ways in which individual investors become drawn into crowd behavior
is a much studied phenomenon, covered brilliantly...in the book
Devil Take the Hindmost."--The Daily Telegraph (London) "The South
Sea Company is one of the great bubble and crash stories. Many
books have referred to it. One of the finest is Devil Take the
Hindmost."--Debashis Basu, Money Life
"Excellent."--City A.M. "[An] essential history of financial
manias."--The Observer
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