Financial History Issue 124 (Winter 2018) | Page 4
Financial
history
The magazine of the
Museum of American Finance
in association with
the Smithsonian Institution
Issue 124 • Winter 2018
(ISSN 1520-4723)
IN THIS ISSUE
FEATURES
6 Words of Wisdom
Remarks from the 2018 MoAF Gala.
By Joe Ricketts, Ken Griffin, Robert Rubin and Timothy Geithner
Kristin Aguilera
Editor
EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD
Howard A. Baker, Esq.
Howard Baker Associates
Lawrence A. Cunningham
The George Washington University
Brian Grinder
13 Where Are They Now? Blyth &. Co.
The “Where Are They Now?” series continues with
the history of the lead underwriter of the 1956 Ford IPO.
By Susie J. Pak
Eastern Washington University
Bradley Jones
International Monetary Fund
Gregory DL Morris
Freelance Journalist
Susie Pak
St. John’s University
Arthur W. Samansky
18 Isaac Newton, Daniel Defoe and
the Dynamics of Financial Bubbles
The most notable investors in the South Sea Bubble of 1720.
By Andrew Odlyzko
The Samansky Group
Bob Shabazian
American Stock Exchange (ret.)
Myles Thompson
Columbia Business School Publishing
Robert E. Wright
Augustana University
22 A First-Class Catastrophe
The road to Black Monday, the worst day in Wall Street history.
By Diana B. Henriques
Jason Zweig
The Wall Street Journal
ART DIRECTION
Alan Barnett Design
MUSEUM STAFF
David J. Cowen, President/CEO
Kristin Aguilera, Deputy Director
Tony Critelli, Accountant
Maura Ferguson, Director of Exhibits
Sarah Poole, Collections Manager
Linda Rapacki, Managing Director
of Visitor Services and Operations
Mindy Ross, Director, External Relations
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Financial History is the official membership
magazine of the Museum of American Finance.
28 From Time Out of Mind
A brief history of marine insurance.
By Gregory DL Morris
32 Evolution of the Canadian Currency
and Banking Systems
Canada had banks and currency before it had a formalized
banking system and before it became a country.
By Christopher Kobrak and Joseph E. Martin
36 Forgotten Financier: Langdon Cheves
Profile of an early 19th century financier and president
of the Second Bank of the United States.
By Clyde Haulman
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