Henry Crosby Emery
Speculation on the Stock and Produce Exchanges of the United States by Henry Crosby Emery (1896) is a book on our Trading & futures shelf. An economist's study of how speculation on American stock and produce exchanges works and what it does for the economy. It suits readers interested in trading & futures, and it is legally free from Internet Archive (library-digitised scan). Licence: Public domain in the USA (pre-1931 library scan).
Download free from Internet Archive (library-digitised scan)An economist's study of how speculation on American stock and produce exchanges works and what it does for the economy.
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