| Author | : José de la Vega |
| File Size | : 47,8 Mb |
| Publisher | : Colchis Books |
| Language | : English |
| Release Date | : 28 May 2024 |
| ISBN | : 978186723xxxx |
| Pages | : 104 pages |
Confusion de Confusiones 1688 by José de la Vega Book PDF Summary
This book is the first that describes the practices of any stock exchange; it makes evident a high development of practices, with puts, calls, pools, and manipulations; and it appeared as early as the seventeenth century. Not inappropriately the stock exchange described is that of Amsterdam, a city which at the date of the volume’s publication —1688 — was still the leading financial center of the world. The book, to be sure, is hardly a systematic account of the institution; the author pursued moral, philosophical, and rhetorical objectives, and, while saying a lot that seems now to be of little value, manages somehow to leave unsaid a great deal that would be of interest for us. Nevertheless, it represents, even in its peculiar form, a really important source of information about the stock exchange, and indeed about the Dutch business world of that period.
