Financial History, Issue 158

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Issue 158 | Fall 2026

  • "Georges Doriot and the Birth of Modern Venture Capital," by Martin Fridson
  • "Berkshire Hathaway's Massachusetts Roots," by Adam J. Mead
  • "Confidence and Illiquidity: A History of Financial Runs in the United States," by Mark J. Higgins
  • "30 Years of Irrational Exuberance," by Peter C. Earle
  • "All the Presidents' Money," by Megan Gorman
  • "The Meiji Regime of Japan and the Adoption of Hamiltonian Statecraft," by Ian Austin
  • "Milton S. Hershey: Chocolatier, Risk-Taker, Gambler," by Brian Grinder and Dan Cooper
  • Book Review: "Coding Capitalism," reviewed by Robert E. Wright
  • Book Review: "1873," reviewed by James P. Prout