Lewis Lapham: Churchill Backed Bigwigs in Trading Scandal

     Sept. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Charles Emmerson talks with Lewis Lapham about his book, "1913: In Search of the World Before the Great War." (Source: Bloomberg)

Churchill Backed VIPs in Insider Trading Scandal

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Buying securities ranging from Russian railways to Malaysian rubber companies, Britain in 1913 was the money capital of the world,

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