{"product_id":"the-futures-the-rise-of-the-speculator-and-the-origins-of-the-worlds-biggest-markets-9780465028412","title":"The Futures: The Rise of the Speculator and the Origins of the World's Biggest Markets","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eThe Futures\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eForbes\u003c\/em\u003e magazine senior writer Emily Lambert tells the rich and dramatic history of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and Chicago Board of Trade, the original futures market. Commodities exchanges have become some of the largest financial markets in our global economic system, yet the exchanges themselves and the speculators who run them remain largely misunderstood, as does their chief instrument: the futures contract. Lambert describes the emergence of the futures business as a kind of meeting place for gamblers and farmers that subsequently transformed into a sophisticated electronic market, one where contracts are traded at lightning-fast speeds. When Wall Street adopted the futures contract without the rules and close-knit social bonds that had made trading it in Chicago work so well, however, the effects were disastrous. But, as Lambert argues, the traditional futures market--with its written and cultural limits--can serve as a useful example of how markets ought to work, thereby becoming a tonic for our current financial ills.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-5109160\"\u003eEmily Lambert\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Basic Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.40w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780465028412\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0465028411\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BUS\"\u003eBusiness \u0026amp; Economics\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BUS014000\"\u003eInvestments \u0026amp; Securities | Commodities | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEmily Lambert\u003c\/b\u003e is senior writer for \u003ci\u003eForbes\u003c\/i\u003e magazine, where she covers finance and trading. She has also written for the \u003ci\u003eNew York Post\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in Chicago.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Basic Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44292021354733,"sku":"9780465028412","price":33.32,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_b9ed09ab-6136-4aaf-8d36-7b615ae22a62.jpg?v=1697132270","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/es\/products\/the-futures-the-rise-of-the-speculator-and-the-origins-of-the-worlds-biggest-markets-9780465028412","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}