The global casino : how Wall Street gambles with people and the planet /

"The global market in money--housed in the offshore 'shadow' banking system--holds $217 trillion in financial assets and operates beyond the reach of any nation's taxman. Asset managers, private equity firms, and pension and sovereign wealth funds scoop up the world's saving...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Pettifor, Ann (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	London ; New York, NY : Verso, 2026.
Subjects:	Environmental economics. International finance. Securities industry > United States. Économie de l'environnement. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Environmental Economics. Environmental economics International finance Securities industry United States Informational works. Documents d'information.

Table of Contents:

Introduction
The origin of today's "revolutionary situation"
Money and power
Your pension and the asset economy
Speculation and our daily bread
Playing poker with the energy system
The financialisation of housing
Climate and the casino
The need for system change.