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Description of Pursuit of Wealth

A story that describes the evolution of investing from 3000 BC in Mesopotamia to modern-day Wall Street. Written by financial historian Robert Sobel, it examines how people have approached money, risk and investing since the dawn of time. It discusses how money evolved through the Middle Ages and Renaissance, and how it played a key role in the exploration and colonization of America. In the second half of the book Sobel focuses on the USA, where he chronicles the dramatic growth of large publicly traded corporations, the rise of Wall Street as a power centre, and the development of today's popular investment philosophies. Throughout the book, Sobel examines investment practices through the prism of risk and reward, demonstrating that the ability to assess accurately risk and reward has been the key to investment success throughout history. There are parallels and lessons for today's investor trying to make sense of the most volatile financial stock market in history.

Title Information

ISBN:

9780070596139

Pages:

350 pages

Format:

Hardback

Product Code:

10246

Publisher:

McGraw-Hill Professional

Published:

01/01/2000

Edition:

1st Edition

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Contents of Pursuit of Wealth

Introduction
Acknowledgements

1. The Ancient World
2. The Imperial Age of Alexander and Rome
3. The European Middle Ages: The Birth of a New Economic Age
4. The Italian Bankers and their Clients
5. The Atlantic Age
6. Europe's American Empires
7. The English Advantage
8. The American Paths to Wealth
9. Industrial Wealth
10. The Mechanisation of Agriculture
11. Infrastructure and Wealth
12. Emperor Wheat and King Cotton
13. Gold, Silver, and the Civil War
14. The Impact of the Transcontinentals
15. The Arrival of Big Business
16. The Government-Industrial Complex, 1914-1929
17. The Great Bull Market of the 1920's
18. The Old and the New in Post-World War II America
19. The Revival of the Securities Markets
20. Creating Wealth During the Great Inflation
21. The Democratisation of Wealth

Index