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published
April 22nd 2008
by Yale University Press
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Hardcover, 208 pages
isbn
0300117558
(isbn13: 9780300117554)
description
Wall Street: no other place on earth is so singularly identified with money and the power of money. And no other American institution has inspired suc...more
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This is a wonderfully written book that gets deep into much interesting history of "the Street" and it's place in U.S. culture. I loved the hideous details about Henry Ford's awful anti-Semitism and Ford's linking of Bolshevism to Jewish bankers, what a nutcase.
The only reason I didn't give this 5 stars is because it's too short. If Fraser writes a sequel soon I'll go back and give this another star. To quote the human eating plant in Roger Corman's Little Shop of Horrors...more
The only reason I didn't give this 5 stars is because it's too short. If Fraser writes a sequel soon I'll go back and give this another star. To quote the human eating plant in Roger Corman's Little Shop of Horrors...more
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Read in October, 2008
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I enjoyed the author’s perspective especially the way the book is broken down into the Aristocrat, Confidence Man, etc…. Although many of his stories were not knew to me I still found it enjoyable. The book will definitely shed light on today’s recent “economic downturn.” The stories undeniable show human nature, bigotry, and emotional exuberance. Or is there a sucker born every minute?
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Read in April, 2008
more rambling thoughts than historical narrative. worth a skim for interesting tidbits, but otherwise the description had more potential than the book actually realized.
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