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Managed by the markets : how finance reshaped America /
The turbulence of the stock market and the housing market in the early years of the 21st century have demonstrated the dangers of tying society too closely to financial markets. Managed by the Markets provides a guide to how we got here and unpacks the consequences of linking the well-being of socie...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2009.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
| Summary: | The turbulence of the stock market and the housing market in the early years of the 21st century have demonstrated the dangers of tying society too closely to financial markets. Managed by the Markets provides a guide to how we got here and unpacks the consequences of linking the well-being of society too closely to financial markets. - ;The current economic crisis reveals just how central finance has become to American life. Problems with obscure securities created on Wall Street radiated outward to threaten the retirement security of pensioners in Florida and Arizona, the homes and college s. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xv, 304 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-294) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780191568794 0191568791 1282199242 9781282199248 9786612199240 6612199245 |