The money game"This is a modern classic." -Paul A. Samuelson, First American Nobel Prize Winner in Economics "The best book there is about the stock market and all that goes with it." -The New York Times Book Review "Anyone whose orientation is toward where the action is, where the happenings happen, should buy a copy ofThe Money Gameand read it with due diligence." -Book World " 'Adam Smith' is a veteran observer and commentator on the events and people of Wall Street.... His thorough knowledge of financial affairs gives his observations a great degree of authenticity. But the joy of reading this book comes from his delightful sense of humor. He is a lively and ingeniously witty writer who never stoops to acerbity. None of the solemn, sacred cows of Wall Street escapes debunking." -Library Journal |
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nam is costing you a lot of gold. You know that the money you spend there goes
into the Bank of Indochina, owned by the French, and then goes back to Paris,
where it becomes a claim presented in New York for gold. But did you know the ...
nam is costing you a lot of gold. You know that the money you spend there goes
into the Bank of Indochina, owned by the French, and then goes back to Paris,
where it becomes a claim presented in New York for gold. But did you know the ...
Page 235
In the end, you can't keep techniques a secret, and if there is gold in Central Park
there is also gold in the Bois de Boulogne. If there is gold everywhere, the
problem comes back, gold sells for fifty cents an ounce. Sooner or later you have
to ...
In the end, you can't keep techniques a secret, and if there is gold in Central Park
there is also gold in the Bois de Boulogne. If there is gold everywhere, the
problem comes back, gold sells for fifty cents an ounce. Sooner or later you have
to ...
Page 245
It is only a Sign if you believe the same thing will happen to gold, and then the
Catastrophe will be upon us only if the rocketing price of gold upsets everyone so
much that they stop believing. The folly of governments can "produce a rise in ...
It is only a Sign if you believe the same thing will happen to gold, and then the
Catastrophe will be upon us only if the rocketing price of gold upsets everyone so
much that they stop believing. The folly of governments can "produce a rise in ...
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Contents
Preface to the Vintage Edition | 1 |
IDENTITY ANXIETY MONEY | 9 |
Can Footprints Predict the Future? | 109 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The money game Vintage Series |
| Author | Adam Smith |
| Publisher | Vintage Books, 1976 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 15 Oct 2008 |
| Length | 253 pages |
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