Paul Crosthwaite Knihy

Exploring the influence of financial markets, this work examines how they shape contemporary British and American fiction. It delves into the intricate relationship between literature and the global publishing industry, highlighting the economic forces that drive narratives and themes in modern storytelling. The analysis uncovers the impact of capitalism on literary production and the broader implications for authors and readers alike.

"As more people than ever invest in the stock market, many feel a profound need for professional advice about it. Yet a financial adviser generally has no idea what's going to happen. The 300-year history of everyday financial advice in the capitalist world--encompassing eighteenth-century domestic advice manuals; Gilded Age swindles; market crashes; the boom in self-help rhetoric; and TV shoutfests--is one of dart throwing, brazen hucksterism, and serial failure. It spans the Atlantic and is ultimately a cultural history of rhetoric and imagination, not rationality. Remarkably, the authors of this book conclude advice aims less to guide investors toward financial returns than to create a kind of citizen, one who assumes others' risks, monetizes the future, and becomes in themselves a kind of investment"--