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The World’s First Stock Exchange
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An immersive history that reveals the critical role of human behavior in the development of the stock market.
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The launch of the Dutch East India Company in 1602 initiated Amsterdam's transformation from a regional market town into a dominant financial centre. The Company introduced easily transferable shares, and within days buyers had begun to trade them. Soon the public was engaging in a variety of complex transactions, including forwards, futures, options, and bear raids, and by 1680 the techniques deployed in the Amsterdam market were as sophisticated as any we practise today.
The World’s First Stock Exchange by Lodewijk Petram is an eye-opening history that demystifies financial instruments by linking today's products to yesterday's innovations, tying the market's operation to the behaviour of individuals and the workings of the world around them. Travelling back to seventeenth-century Amsterdam, Petram visits the harbour and other places where merchants met to strike deals. He bears witness to the goings-on at a notary's office and sits in on the consequential proceedings of a courtroom.
He describes in detail the main players, investors, shady characters, speculators, and domestic servants and other ordinary folk who all played a role in the development of the market and its crises. His history clarifies concerns that investors still struggle with today, such as fraud, the value of information, trust and the place of honour, managing diverging expectations, and balancing risk, and does so in a way that is vivid, relatable, and critical to understanding our contemporary financial predicament.
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The World’s First Stock Exchange by Lodewijk Petram is lauded for its accessible and clear explanation of the origins of stock trading in 17th-century Amsterdam. The book effectively caters to both general readers and financial enthusiasts, offering a vivid depiction of the era and showing the continued relevance of these early trading practices today. It has been praised for its engaging narrative that brings historical personalities and circumstances to life while shedding light on the formation of modern financial systems, highlighting similarities with today's financial world.
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ISBN: 9780231163781
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 27 May 2014
Country: United States
Imprint: Columbia University Press
Illustration: 20 illustrations
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- Translated by Lynne Richards
Audience: Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Width: 152.0mm
Height: 229.0mm
Weight: 250g
Pages: 304
About the Author
Lodewijk Petram is an economist and historian and regularly publishes on financial history in Dutch journals and newspapers. The Dutch edition of this book won the Dirk Jacob Veegens Prize from the Royal Holland Society of Sciences and Humanities.
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