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The Moneychangers
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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… |
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Financial sector development in the Pacific Rim
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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… |
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Development without freedom
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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… |
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Lords of finance
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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… |
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The foreclosure of America
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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… |
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Bailout nation
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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… |
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The buyout of America
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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 … |
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Dot.con
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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. |
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A colossal failure of common sense
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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… |
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Empire of Debt
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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… |
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The great reset
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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… |
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Innovate!
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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… |
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The big short
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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… |
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The Devil's Casino
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Vicky Ward |
They were the Rat Pack of Wall Street. Four close friends: one a decorated war hero, one an emotional hippie, and two regular guys with big hearts, big dreams, and noble aims. They were going to get … |
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Currency Crises
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Paul R. Krugman |
There is no universally accepted definition of a currency crisis, but most would agree that they all involve one key element: investors fleeing a currency en masse out of fear that it might be devalu… |
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The Soros Lectures
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George Soros |
In a series of lectures at the Central European University in Budapest in October of 2009, George Soros provided a broad overview of his thoughts on economics and politics. The lectures are the culmi… |
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Oil, dollars, debt, and crises
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Mahmoud A. El-Gamal |
"Oil, Dollars, Debt, and Crises studies the causes of the current oil and global financial crisis and shows how America's and the world's growing dependence on oil has created a repeating pattern of … |
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Confidence game
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Christine S. Richard |
"Confidence Game tells the story how hedge fund manager Bill Ackman's warnings regarding bond insurer MBIA's credit rating went unheeded as Wall Street careened toward disaster"--Provided by publishe… |
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When free markets fail
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Scott McCleskey |
"Authoritative guidance for navigating inevitable financial market regulation The reform of this country's financial regulation will be one of the most significant legislative programs in a generati… |
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Complexity and financial panics
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Ricardo J. Caballero |
During extreme financial crises, all of a sudden, the financial world that was once rife with profit opportunities for financial institutions (banks, for short), becomes exceedingly complex. Confusio… |
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