Spectacular speculation [electronic resource] : thrills, the economy, and popular discourse / Urs Stäheli ; translated by Eric Savoth.
Material type: TextLanguage: English Original language: German Publication details: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2013.Description: vi, 299 p. : illUniform titles:- Spektakuläre Spekulation. English
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Translation of: Spektakuläre Spekulation : das Populäre der Ökonomie.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.