This book examines the enormous riskiness of transatlantic trade in 18th century Spain and argues that many of the long …-condemned commercial practices were vital accommodations to pervasive risk and uncertainty. …Intro -- Contents -- Figures and Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1. Introduction: Risk and Uncertainty -- Chapter …

Spreading the risk : marine insurance as a commercial and financial innovation in Europe up to the eighteenth century …

-- The Market and Its Operators: Techniques and Organisational -- The Market and Its Operators: The "Risk Experts … calculable risk"-- …

Its Operators: Techniques and Organisational -- Chapter 11 The Market and Its Operators: The "Risk Experts" -- Chapter 12 …