Cover; Speculation; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. The Land of Speculation; 2. Betting on Prices; 3. The Anti-Option Era; 4. Selling Blue Sky; 5. Aftershocks of the Crash; 6. Land and Onions; 7. Inside Information; 8. Speculation or Investment?; 9. Deregulation and Crisis?; Index
Summary
Stuart Banner's Speculation is a history of the practice and of Americans' fraught efforts to draw the line between ""good"" investment and ""bad"" gambling