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Boom And Bust

Robert Oakeshott DEVIL TAKE THE HINDMOST: A HISTORY OF FINANCIAL SPECULATION by Edward Chancellor Macmillan, £20, pp. 386 Although short-sellers are invariably blamed for the......

Books

Outlaws and Blackshirts Philip Hensher THE WILLIAM BOOKS, VOLUMES 1-20 by Richmal Crompton Macmillan, £3.99 each (boxed set, f25) L ooking for an accurate literary por- trayal......