Thomas William Lawson (1857–1925)
Teoksen Frenzied finance : the crime of Amalgamated tekijä
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- Lawson, Thomas W.
- Syntymäaika
- 1857
- Kuolinaika
- 1925
- Sukupuoli
- male
- Ammatit
- businessman
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- Teokset
- 5
- Jäseniä
- 15
- Suosituimmuussija
- #708,120
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- 1
- ISBN:t
- 15
Lawson’s depiction of “the System” has little to do with the discovery of an abstract and impersonal system underpinning the work of Wall Street and is, instead, more a litany of personal grievances and self-justification for his wayward actions. Although Lawson shared with Progressive critics a concern for the systematic corruption of high finance, the plots of both Frenzied Finance and his novel, Friday, the Thirteenth (New York: Doubleday, 1907), are motivated by a very personal desire for revenge. His repeated warnings about impending market panics often had the effect of bringing about the very thing he seemed to fear; what’s more, at times benefitted financially from making bearish bets on the sly.… (lisätietoja)