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Book Title: Investing: The Last Liberal Art
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Author: Robert Hagstrom
Publication Name: Investing: the Last Liberal Art
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication Year: 2013
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 15.7 Oz
Number of Pages: 216 Pages