M. De Goede – Virtue Fortune &&& Faith

Less than two centuries ago finance today viewed as the center of economic necessity and epitome of scientific respectability stood condemned as disreputable fraud. How this change in status came about, and what it reveals about the nature of finance, is the story told in Virtue, Fortune, and Faith. A unique cultural history of modern financial markets from the early eighteenth century to the present day, the book offers a genealogical reading of the historical insecurities, debates, and con