Fall 2008

Download Featured Article: Another Financial Hurricane

By Kenneth Winans

Also in this Issue:

  • Abigail Adams: Bond Speculator, by Woody Holton
  • Deja Vu: Lessons of the Current Crisis from 1920's Utility Titan Samuel Insull, by John F. Wasik
  • Pumping Life Back into Petroleum Clubs, by Gregory DL Morris with Donna Warndof
  • Towers of Gold: How One Jewish Immigrant Named Isaias Hellman Created California, by Frances Dinkelspiel
  • A History of the Broadway Costume Business, by Gregory DL Morris
  • Book Review: Wall Street: America's Dream Palace by Steve Fraser. Reviewed by Sherman T. Brewer, Jr.
  • Book Review: A Splendid Exchange: How Trade Shaped the World by William J. Bernstein. Reviewed by Gregory DL Morris
  • Book Review: Vermeer's Hat: The 17th Century and the Dawn of the Global World by Timothy Brook. Reviewed by Gregory DL Morris

Winter 2025

Financial History, Issue 152

In this issue:

  • “Rediscovering an American Treasure: The True Value of Hetty Green’s Legacy,” by Bethany Bengtson and Mark J. Higgins
  • “Dance of the Millions: The Great Sugar Bull Market of 1915–1920 and the Subsequent Catastrophic Collapse,” by Daniel C. Munson
  • “70 Years of Organized Labor Unions: The Emergence of the AFL-CIO,” by Michael A. Martorelli

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