Fraud in the markets : why it happens and how to fight it /

A dramatic look at fraud's role in our financial markets-and how you can protect yourself. Fraud In the Markets reveals the critical role fraud played in the global financial crisis-even as many of the perpetrators continue to go unpunished. Shedding light on the reckless conduct of the former...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Goldmann, Peter, 1953-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, ©2010.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : a brief history of fraud in financial markets
  • The fraud culture
  • The politics of banking fraud
  • Modern day financial services fraud (1980-2010)
  • Reform, re-regulation, and the persistence of fraud
  • The real estate bubble and bust : the fraud factor
  • The makings of a meltdown
  • Beginning of the end : death by derivatives
  • Can the circle be unbroken?