The following books were among those used as research for the stories in this special millennium section:
– “Money: Whence It Came, Where It Went,” by John Kenneth Galbraith; Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston; 1975.
– “The History of Money: From Sandstone to Cyberspace,” by Jack Weatherford; Crown Publishers Inc., New York; 1997.
– “The Worldly Philosophers: The Lives, Times and Ideas of the Great Economic Thinkers,” by Robert L. Heilbroner; Simon & Schuster Inc.; sixth edition; 1992.
– “The Economic Transformation of America: 1600 to Present,” by Robert L. Heilbroner and Aaron Singer; Harcourt Brace College Publishers; fourth edition; 1999.
– “Money Mischief: Episodes in Monetary History,” by Milton Friedman; Harcourt Brace & Co.; 1992.
– “The World That Trade Created: Society, Culture, and the World Economy 1400 to the Present,” by Kenneth Pomeranz and Steven Topik; M.E. Sharpe; 1999.
– “Before the Industrial Revolution: European Society and Economy 1000-1700,” by Carlo M. Cipolla; W.W. Norton & Co.; third edition; 1993.
– “Devil Take the Hindmost: A History of Financial Speculation,” by Edward Chancellor; Farrar Straus Giroux; 1999.
– “Manias, Panics, and Crashes: A History of Financial Crises,” by Charles P. Kindleberger; John Wiley & Sons Inc.; third edition; 1996.
– “Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk,” by Peter
L. Bernstein; John Wiley & Sons; 1996.
