The Amsterdam stock exchange as affective economy

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Author	Leemans, Inger
Copyright Year	2020
Description	In 1723, the Dutch broker Roeland van Leuve climbed the stairs of the Amsterdam Stock Exchange. He was writing a description of the city of Amsterdam, in the form of a long poem, and chose the bourse as the epicentre of the city, which made it pretty much the centre of the universe (Figure 12.1). Van Leuve knew the bourse intimately: he used to be a successful merchant in silk, velvet, and other luxury textiles. Unfortunately, over the years, he had become more reckless, investing his capital in shares and derivatives and losing most of it during the South Sea Bubble or Windhandel of 1720. The city of Amsterdam generously put him on the payroll as a broker, so he could continue to work on the bourse floor, albeit in a much humbler capacity. Book Name: Early Modern Knowledge Societies as Affective Economies
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Ending Page	330
Page Count	28
Starting Page	303
DOI	10.4324/9780429270222-12
Language	English
Publisher	Informa UK Limited
Publisher Date	2020-12-28
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Book Name: Early Modern Knowledge Societies as Affective Economies
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Chapter