Winter 2009

Download Featured Article: Probability, Gambling and the Origins of Risk Management

By Brian Grinder and Dan Cooper

Also in this Issue:

  • President Abraham Lincoln, Investor, by Franklin Knoll
  • A Clerk's Tale, by Jane Kamensky
  • What Can History Tell Us About the Crisis in Mortgage Securitization?, by Kenneth Snowden
  • Hicks Nurseries and the Rise of Retail Horticulture, by Gregory DL Morris
  • Keogh Plans: Precursor to the Retirement Revolution, by Matthew P. Fink
  • Industry Responds to Three Mile Island, by Bruce Weitzman
  • Book Review: The Ascent of Money by Niall Ferguson. Reviewed by Gregory DL Morris
  • Book Review: Mr. Market Miscalculates by James Grant. Reviewed by Gregory DL Morris

Winter 2025

Financial History, Issue 152

In this issue:

  • “Rediscovering an American Treasure: The True Value of Hetty Green’s Legacy,” by Bethany Bengtson and Mark J. Higgins
  • “Dance of the Millions: The Great Sugar Bull Market of 1915–1920 and the Subsequent Catastrophic Collapse,” by Daniel C. Munson
  • “70 Years of Organized Labor Unions: The Emergence of the AFL-CIO,” by Michael A. Martorelli

and more...