Alchemists of loss : how modern finance and government intervention crashed the financial system /
An engaging look at how modern finance almost destroyed our global economy. Over the last thirty years, capital markets have been restructured through the tenets of modern finance. This has been enormously profitable for the financial services sector. However, these innovations, coupled with unsound...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Chichester :
Wiley,
2010.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | An engaging look at how modern finance almost destroyed our global economy. Over the last thirty years, capital markets have been restructured through the tenets of modern finance. This has been enormously profitable for the financial services sector. However, these innovations, coupled with unsound risk and regulatory practices have proved disastrous for the global economy. In a clear and accessible style, ex-investment banker and financial journalist Martin Hutchinson, and highly respected academic, Kevin Dowd show how modern finance combined with easy money threatened to bring down the world. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (x, 422 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781119206019 1119206014 9780470972083 0470972084 9780470689967 047068996X |