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Banks and banking Banks and banking Connolly, Sean "Explains the functions and history of world banking systems and their involvement with the 2008 world economic crisis"--Provided by publisher. OL104310W
The Moneychangers The Moneychangers Upton Sinclair Upton Sinclair writes an historic novel concerning the Wall Street scare of 1907. He describes how several formidable capitalists organize the fall of a rival trust company. The ruin of this enterpri… OL115069W
Financial sector development in the Pacific Rim Financial sector development in the Pacific Rim East Asian Seminar in Economics (18th 2007 Singapore Management University) This title provides a collection of theoretical and empirical analyses of the growing capital markets in East Asia. It examines institutional factors influencing financial innovation and the conseque… OL11962415W
Development without freedom Development without freedom Songok Han Thornton "Thanks to the inroads made by the International Monetary Fund and the 'war on terror, ' America has lost much of the soft power it enjoyed in Asia during the early 1990s. The winners, by default, ar… OL13617013W
Lords of finance Lords of finance Liaquat Ahamed With penetrating insights for today, this vital history of the world economic collapse of the late 1920s offers unforgettable portraits of the four men whose personal and professional actions as head… OL13650534W
The foreclosure of America The foreclosure of America Adam Michaelson "When business school classes study this collapse in hindsight many years from now..., they will certainly pore through reams of rich data, charts, and graphs, and seek out various flaws in the prese… OL13722517W
The bull inside the bear The bull inside the bear Robert Stein The meltdown in the credit markets, the decline in housing prices, and the turmoil in the stock market has rocked the world of the everyday investor. The idea that home ownership and the stock market… OL13745376W
Bailout nation Bailout nation Barry Ritholtz An engaging look at what led to the financial turmoil we now find ourselves in Bailout Nation offers one of the clearest looks at the financial lenders, regulators, and politicians responsible for t… OL13776940W
The buyout of America The buyout of America Josh Kosman An authoritative expose of the mysterious and potentially dangerous world of private equityFew people realize that the top private equity firms, such as Blackstone Group, Carlyle Group, and Kohlberg … OL13785464W
Dot.con Dot.con John Cassidy Presents a history of the Internet stock market boom and inevitable crash, focusing on the role played by entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, Wall Street analysts, journalists, and policy makers. OL13786460W
A colossal failure of common sense A colossal failure of common sense Lawrence G. McDonald One of the biggest questions of the financial crisis has not been answered until now. What happened at Lehman Brothers and why was it allowed to fail, with aftershocks that rocked the global economy… OL13840033W
In Fed we trust In Fed we trust David Wessel Fall of the economy, and how we could have saved it. OL13847656W
Meltdown Iceland Meltdown Iceland Roger Boyes The inside story of the bankrupting of Iceland. It is a truism that when America sneezes, Europe catches a cold. The sub-prime mortgage crisis, which began in America in 2007, unleashed a veritable e… OL14957254W
Empire of Debt Empire of Debt Addison Wiggin,William Bonner In Empire of Debt, maverick financial writers Bill Bonner and Addison Wiggin provide you with the first in-depth look at how the American character has shifted to accommodate its new imperial role; h… OL15038887W
The great reset The great reset Richard Florida We tend to view prolonged economic downturns, such as the Great Depression of the 1930s and the Long Depression of the late nineteenth century, in terms of the crisis and pain they cause. But history… OL15069204W
The zeroes The zeroes Randall Lane An insider's memoir of the greed, excess, and demise of the high- flying hedge fund and trader lifestyle Magazine entrepreneur Randall Lane had a prime seat at Wall Street's biggest greed fest. The Z… OL15090640W
Innovate! Innovate! Thomas A. Meyer "Learn the lessons of how great companies began in the worst economic times Eli Lilly. IBM. Medtronic, Procter & Gamble. Hewlett-Packard and Marvel Entertainment. All great companies and all made the… OL15090771W
The big short The big short Michael Lewis The #1 *New York Times* bestseller: a brilliant account—character-rich and darkly humorous—of how the U.S. economy was driven over the cliff. When the crash of the U. S. stock market became public… OL15118378W
The Fall of the House of Credit The Fall of the House of Credit Alistair Milne How was it possible for problems in one relatively small sector in the global financial system - the American sub-prime mortgage market - to lead to the most serious economic crisis in living memory?… OL15169994W
The Rise and Fall of the US Mortgage and Credit Markets The Rise and Fall of the US Mortgage and Credit Markets James Barth The mortgage meltdown: what went wrong and how do we fix it? Owning a home can bestow a sense of security and independence. But today, in a cruel twist, many Americans now regard their homes as a so… OL15170366W
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