Series: Finance Before Finance

Four essays on instruments older than their names: the option, the just price, the bill of exchange and the annuity.

Time

FAUST SIGNS THE CONTRACT

The Price of Tomorrow.

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Capital

THE BANKERS WHO BOUGHT A RENAISSANCE

Wealth Is Not Money

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Capital

ECONOMICS

Begins with a rather unpleasant fact. We cannot have everything.

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Value

ARISTOTLE

How much of modern finance is actually new?

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