There are different kinds of speculative investments, such as real estate, fine artworks, precious metals, stock shares, bonds, derivatives, and other financial investments. Although there
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The Very Strange Nature of Corporate Ownership: An Alternative to the Rumpelstiltskin Model of Raising Funds
In the past, and even today, the stock market has played an important financial role in the economy by enabling companies to access the large
Predatory Investment: The Rise of Financial Piracy
According to standard economic theory, investment is good and therefore should be encouraged because, among its many other benefits, such as permitting those who save
Financial Speculation is a Form of Gambling
The standard economic belief that all forms of investment are beneficial because they help the economy to develop and grow while creating jobs is becoming
All that Glitters is not Gold: Not All that is Called Investment is Investment
When I first studied economics in university, I came across in my economics textbook the statement that savings equals investment, or S = I. This
Speculation Fever: The Alchemy of Making Money from Money
In a word, the great speculating fever which breaks out every now and then in the country, had raged to an alarming degree, and everybody
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