Other People's Money

"Other People's money" is a novel exploring the morality of speculative investing. M. Vincent Favoral is the model businessman, the Chief Cashier of the respected Mutual Credit Society. A dinner with friends at home one evening is rudely interrupted when he receives a visit from his boss, the Director of the Society, Baron de Thaller. In the ensuing argument between the two, it emerges that M. Favoral has lost a considerable amount of money through speculation on the stock market. This news alarms his dinner guests who had all given him considerable amounts to invest for them…