Spectacular speculation : thrills, the economy, and popular discourse / / Urs Staheli ; translated by Eric Savoth.
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| Year of Publication: | 2013 |
| Language: | English German |
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| Physical Description: | vi, 299 p. :; ill. |
| Notes: | Translation of: Spektakulare Spekulation : das Populare der Okonomie. |
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Table of Contents:
- Gambling and speculation : entertaining contingency?
- The normalization of "wild contingency" : stabilizing the distinction between gambling and speculation
- Charles Mackay : the spectacle of equality
- Speculative vistas : crowds and speculation in the USA during the nineteenth century
- Alone against the crowd : the communicative techniques of the contrarians
- The eroticism of the market and the gender of speculation
- The rhythm of the market.