Capitalism requires people to be pious souls in the workplace, wild pagans at the cash register.
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In the 1920s you could buy stocks on margin. You could put 10 percent down and borrow the rest against your stocks.
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| Birth: | 1949 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Biographer |
About
Ronald Chernow is an American biographer. He is the author of Washington: A Life, Alexander Hamilton, The House of Morgan, and Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr., among other works. He has won the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Awardand other prestigious awards for his books, which have often been best-sellers.
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