1. Introduction -- 2. History of Commerce and Finance -- 3. The Scholastic Analysis of Usury and Other Subjects -- 4. The Evolution of Commercial Arithmetic -- 5. Simple Interest and Compound Interest -- 6. The Valuation of Life Annuities -- 7. Foreign Exchange and the Bill Market -- 8. The Analysis of Joint Stocks -- 9. Development of Derivative Securities -- 10. Manias, Manipulations and Institutional Failures -- 11. English Debates over Interest Rates and Public Credit -- 12. Maritime Insurance, Life Insurance and Other Subjects -- 13. Some Speculative Conclusions
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 501-515) and index
