Readin Group: Robert Wright?s ?The First Wall Street?

Posted by on December 15, 2006

READING GROUP: Robert Wright?s ?The First Wall Street?
*NEW DATE* (for meeting postponed from December 4, 2006)
Monday, January 29th, 6:15 to 8:00 pm
Seiss Community Center, 2111 Sansom Street

What is the best way to spend a $3 gold coin? How did early Philadelphia become a “City of Homes,” whereas New Yorkers could only afford to rent a few rooms? (The more things change, the more they stay the same.) Have you ever considered insurance against “The Seas, Men of War, Fire, Enemies, Pirates, Rovers, Theivers”? How was Andrew Jackson not like George W. Bush?

Robert Wright considers these questions and more in his extraordinarily amusing account, ?The First Wall Street: Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, and the Birth of American Finance.? Before Wall Street captured the imagination of financiers, Philadelphia’s Chestnut Street was the center of American banking. In YIP?s discussion of the book, we will look into the policies and personalities behind the greatness of Chestnut Street, and New York’s eventual dominance.

Joseph Fox Booksellers, 1724 Sansom Street, will be offering a 10% discount to YIP members on ?The First Wall Street.?

Sometimes life gets in the way and you can’t finish the entire book. Just in case, you should know that discussion will focus on chapters 1-4, 7, and 10.

Interested in attending? RSVP to YIPReading@gmail.com.