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Overview
In this incisive, clear-sighted portrait, award-winning journalist John Plender explores the paradoxes and pitfalls inherent in capitalism. Taking us from the Venetian merchants of the Renaissance to the gleaming temples of 21st-century commerce via the South Sea Bubble, Dutch tulip mania, and manic-depressive gambling addicts, Plender shows us capitalism through the eyes of philosophers, novelists, poets, artists, and the divines.
John Plender has been a senior editorial writer and columnist at the Financial Times since 1981. He has a weekly column on economics and business and also writes for the opinion pages.
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- ISBN-13: 9781785901645
- ISBN-10: 1785901648
- Publisher: Biteback Publishing
- Publish Date: April 2017
- Dimensions: 7.7 x 5 x 1.1 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.7 pounds
- Page Count: 338
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