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X-WR-CALNAME:German Studies Lecture Series: "The Blurred Line: Speculation 
 and Gambling in Germany and Britain around 1900" by Cornelius Torp
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DESCRIPTION:Please join the German Studies Lecture Series talk entitled\, "
 The Blurred Line: Speculation and Gambling in Germany and Britain around 1
 900" by Cornelius Torp (Gerda Henkel Visiting Professor).\n\nAbstract:\nSi
 nce the 2008 financial crisis\, speculation has often been equated with ga
 mbling—an accusation echoed by economists\, politicians\, and NGOs who c
 ondemned “casino capitalism” for its destructive effects. Yet the link
  between speculation and gambling has much deeper roots. This talk places 
 the recent debate in historical perspective by revisiting the controversie
 s surrounding speculation in Imperial Germany and Victorian Britain around
  1900\, when questions about its legitimacy reached a peak. By comparing t
 hese two advanced industrial societies\, the presentation examines why sim
 ilar moral and political anxieties about speculation and gambling produced
  strikingly different outcomes—and what this divergence reveals about th
 eir distinct financial and cultural traditions.\n\nRSVP for the talk by Co
 rnelius Torp  \n\nThe German Studies Lecture Series is hosted by the Depar
 tment of German Studies\, Stanford University.
GEO:37.427405;-122.1697
LOCATION:Building 260\, Pigott Hall\, Rm 216
SUMMARY:German Studies Lecture Series: "The Blurred Line: Speculation and G
 ambling in Germany and Britain around 1900" by Cornelius Torp
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 -1900-by-cornelius-torp
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