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Wall Street

A street in New York where the stock exchange and major banks are located. Its name became a byword for the financial world of the USA.

Struggles and Triumphs, Phineas Taylor Barnum

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• Struggles and Triumphs, Phineas Taylor Barnum
• My Life and Work, Henry Ford

  A street in New York where the stock exchange and the largest banks are. Its name has come to stand for the American financial world.

• The New Market Wizards: Conversations with America’s Top Traders, Jack Schwager

  The street in New York containing the main American stock exchange. The name also refers to the US financial world as a whole.

• Market Wizards, Jack Schwager

  The New York street associated with the main American stock exchange. Its name came to stand for the entire US financial world.

• How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy, Jenny Odell

  The New York street containing the stock exchange. Its name came to stand for the US financial world.

• When Genius Failed: The Rise and Fall of Long-Term Capital Management, Roger Lowenstein

  A street in New York that has long been home to the stock exchange and the biggest banks. Its name came to stand for the whole American financial world.

• The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine, Michael Lewis

  A street in New York where the stock exchange stands. Its name has come to stand for the whole American financial industry.

• Your Money or Your Life: Transforming Your Relationship with Money and Achieving Financial Independence, Vicki Robin, Joe Dominguez

  A street in New York that is home to the main stock exchange of the United States. Its name has come to stand for the whole American financial market.

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