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Hardcover Cotton Kings: Capitalism and Corruption in Turn-Of-The-Century New York and New Orleans Book
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ISBN: 0190211652

ISBN13: 9780190211653

Cotton Kings: Capitalism and Corruption in Turn-Of-The-Century New York and New Orleans

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The Cotton Kings relates a colorful economic drama with striking parallels to contemporary American economic debates. At the turn of the twentieth century, dishonest cotton brokers used bad information to lower prices on the futures market, impoverishing millions of farmers. To fight this corruption, a small group of brokers sought to control the price of cotton on unregulated exchanges in New York and New Orleans. They triumphed, cornering the world...

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