The Boston Globe, December 5th, 1999
When a soon-to-be-retired European banker asked Charles P. Kindleberger some years ago for a reading list of 100 books on economic and financial history, the distinguished economic historian came up with 50 genuine favorites instead. The first eight books were novels. They included "Cesar Birotteau" by Honore de Balzac (the 1828 Paris building boom); "Roxana: or, The Fortunate Mistress" by Daniel Defoe (the financial adventures of an obliging woman in the early 18th century); "Little Dorrit" (swindling and bankruptcy) and "Dealings with the Firm of Dombey and Son, Retail, Wholesale and for Exp...
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