Playing the market, retail investment and speculation in twentieth-century Britain, Kieran Heinemann
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Playing the market, retail investment and speculation in twentieth-century Britain, Kieran Heinemann
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Playing the market
Medium
electronic resource
Nature of contents
dictionariesbibliography
Oclc number
1243262982
Responsibility statement
Kieran Heinemann
Series statement
Oxford scholarship online.
Sub title
retail investment and speculation in twentieth-century Britain
Summary
Nowhere in Europe are people more likely to enjoy a regular flutter in stocks and shares than in Britain. Whether we consider the millions of online stockbroking accounts or the billions spent on spread betting - it is a national pastime in today's Britain to play the markets. How did this distinctively British obsession with investment and speculation come about? 'Playing the Market' tells this story by exploring the history of financial capitalism in Britain during the twentieth century from below. It explains how and why everyday British people increasingly invested, speculated, and gambled in stocks and shares from the outbreak of World War I, over the postwar decades and the Thatcher years, up until the premiership of Tony Blair.--, Provided by publisher
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specialized
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