Financial History Issue 132 (Winter 2020) | Page 4

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
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Financial History is the official membership
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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
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