Spectacular speculation
Subtitle: thrills, the economy, and popular discourse
By: Urs Stäheli ; translated by Eric Savoth
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Stanford, California
Language: eng
Number of pages: 299
ISBN-13: 9780804771313; 9780804771320
Subjects: Speculation; Finance; History
Work titles: Spektakuläre Spekulation
Notes: Translation of: Spektakuläre Spekulation : das Populäre der Ökonomie.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Gambling and speculation : entertaining contingency?; title: The normalization of "wild contingency" : stabilizing the distinction between gambling and speculation; title: Charles Mackay : the spectacle of equality; title: Speculative vistas : crowds and speculation in the USA during the nineteenth century; title: Alone against the crowd : the communicative techniques of the contrarians; title: The eroticism of the market and the gender of speculation; title: The rhythm of the market.