Money for nothing : the South Sea bubble and the invention of modern capitalism /: the South Sea bubble and the invention of modern capitalism. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Thomas Levenson.
• Authors: Levenson, Thomas
• Contents: Intro -- Praise for Thomas Levenson -- Also by Thomas Levenson -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- INTRODUCTION: "THE GREAT FOLLIES OF LIFE" -- LONDON, 1719 -- PART ONE: COUNTING AND THINKING -- CHAPTER ONE: "The System of the World" -- WOOLSTHORPE, LINCOLNSHIRE, MIDSUMMER, 1665 -- CHAPTER TWO: "to make a Par and Equation between Lands and Labour" -- CHAPTER THREE: "Very probable Conjectures" -- CHAPTER FOUR: "mere opinion" -- CHAPTER FIVE: "more paper credit" -- CHAPTER SIX: "John Castaing, Broker, at his Office" -- CHAPTER SEVEN: "some way to answer these demands." PART TWO: MONEY'S MAGIC POWER -- CHAPTER EIGHT: "an Exquisite Management" -- CHAPTER NINE: "many Conferences and Considerations" -- CHAPTER TEN: "true to, and exact in, the performance of the General Work" -- CHAPTER ELEVEN: "resolving to be rich" -- CHAPTER TWELVE: "The Humour of the Town" -- CHAPTER THIRTEEN: "If the Computations I have made, be right ..." -- CHAPTER FOURTEEN: "the largest honest fortune ..." -- CHAPTER FIFTEEN: "How goes the Stock" -- CHAPTER SIXTEEN: "a mighty handsome entertainment" -- PART THREE: THE FALL AND RISE OF MONEY CHAPTER 9 -- CHAPTER 10 -- CHAPTER 11 -- CHAPTER 12 -- CHAPTER 13 -- CHAPTER 14 -- CHAPTER 15 -- CHAPTER 16 -- PART 3 -- CHAPTER 17 -- CHAPTER 18 -- CHAPTER 19 -- CHAPTER 20 -- CHAPTER 21 -- CHAPTER 22 -- CHAPTER 23 -- EPILOGUE -- Bibliography -- About the Author -- An Invitation from the Publisher
• Publisher Details: London : Head of Zeus
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 330.942/07; 332.645094109033; Stock exchanges -- England -- History -- 18th century; Debts, Public -- England -- History -- 18th century; South Sea Bubble, Great Britain, 1720; Capitalism -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century; Bourse -- Angleterre -- Histoire -- 18e siècle; Dettes publiques -- Angleterre -- Histoire -- 18e siècle; South Sea Bubble, Grande-Bretagne, 1720; Stock exchanges; Economic history; Debts, Public; Capitalism; Diplomatic relations; England -- Economic conditions -- 18th century; Great Britain -- Foreign relations; Angleterre -- Conditions économiques -- 18e siècle; Grande-Bretagne -- Relations extérieures; England; Great Britain; Electronic books; History; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781784973933; 1784973939
• Related ISBNs: 9781784973940
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 23, 2021).
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