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How unrestrained greed corrupted a dream, shattered global markets and unleashed a catastrophe

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An edition of Fool's gold (2009)

Fool's gold

How unrestrained greed corrupted a dream, shattered global markets and unleashed a catastrophe

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Award-winning journalist and social anthropologist Gillian Tett takes us inside the shadowy world of complex finance and derivatives and explains how the business of slicing and dicing debt led us to the devastating global credit crunch.

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Little, Brown
Language
English
Pages
338

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Derivat <Wertpapier>, Management, Financial crises, Bankenkrise, Finanzkrise, Kreditkontrolle, Credit control, Kredietcrisis (2008-), Credit, Recessions, Derivative securities, Bank failures, Debt, Credit, management, Economic history, 21st century

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Cover of: Fool's gold
Fool's gold: How unrestrained greed corrupted a dream, shattered global markets and unleashed a catastrophe
2009, Little, Brown
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Fool's gold: how unrestrained greed corrupted a dream, shattered global markets and unleashed a catastrophe
2009, Little, Brown
in English
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Table of Contents

Preface Page ix
Part 1. Innovation
1. The Derivatives Dream Page 3 2. Dancing Around the Regulators Page 26 3. The Dream Team Page 48 4. The Cuffs Come Off Page 66
5. Merger Mania
Part 2. Perversion
6. Innovation Unleashed Page 103 7. Mr Dimon Takes Charge Page 123 8. Risky Business Page 138 9. Leveraging Lunacy Page 152
10. Tremors
Part3. Disaster
11. First Failures Page 195 12. Panic Takes Hold Page 210 13. Bank Run Page 225 14. Bear Blows Up Page 250 15. Freefall Page 265 Epilogue Page 287 Notes Page 302 Glossary Page 320 Acknowledgements Page 324 Index Page 326

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Includes index.

Copyright Date
2009

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
332.7
Library of Congress
HB3722 .T42 2009

The Physical Object

Pagination
xiv, 338 p.
Number of pages
338

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Open Library
OL24746501M
Internet Archive
foolsgoldhowunre00tett
ISBN 10
1408701642, 1408701677
ISBN 13
9781408701645, 9781408701676
OCLC/WorldCat
276648618

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