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Financial history The magazine of the Museum of American Finance in association with the Smithsonian Institution Issue 132 • Winter 2020 (ISSN 1520-4723) IN THIS ISSUE FEATURES 13 Words of Wisdom Remarks from the 2020 Museum of American Finance Gala.   By Dan Schulman, James P. Gorman and Peter A. Cohen Kristin Aguilera Editor EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD Howard A. Baker, Esq. Howard Baker Associates Lawrence A. Cunningham The George Washington University Brian Grinder Eastern Washington University 16 An Undertaking of Great Advantage, But Nobody to Know What It Is Examining the relationship between bubbles and gullibility, then and now.   By Andrew Odlyzko Gregory DL Morris Freelance Journalist Susie Pak St. John’s University Arthur W. Samansky The Samansky Group Myles Thompson Columbia Business School Publishing Janice Traflet Bucknell University 20 When the President Calls An interview with Paul A. Volcker, in honor of his recent passing.   By Simon W. Bowmaker Robert E. Wright Augustana University Jason Zweig The Wall Street Journal ART DIRECTION Alan Barnett Design 24 Trading Places Futures markets at the dawn of US agricultural policy.   By Joseph M. Santos MUSEUM STAFF David J. Cowen, President/CEO Kristin Aguilera, Deputy Director Maura Ferguson, Director of Exhibits Sarah Poole, Collections Manager Linda Rapacki, Managing Director of Visitor Services and Operations Mindy Ross, Director, External Relations Copyright © 2020 by the Museum of American Finance, publisher, 25 Broadway, 5th Floor, New York, NY 10004. Telephone: 212-908-4110. All rights reserved. Financial History is the official membership magazine of the Museum of American Finance. 28 The Pan, the Sluice Box and American Monetary History The intersection of politics and prospecting in 19th century America.   By Daniel C. Munson 31 Where Are They Now? The Museum’s series on 207 of the underwriters of the 1956 Ford IPO continues with the history of Shearson, Hammill & Co. (founded in New York in 1902).   By Susie J. Pak 2    FINANCIAL HISTORY  |  Winter 2020  | www.MoAF.org