Banks Banking category: 2128 books
House of Cards
A Tale of Hubris and Wretched Excess on Wall Street
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2009
A blistering narrative account of the negligence and greed that pushed all of Wall Street into chaos and the country into a financial crisis.
At the beginning of March 2008, the monetary fabric of Bear Stearns, one of the world’s oldest and largest investment banks, began unraveling. After...
The Euro Crisis
The inside story
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2018
A lot has already been said and written about the euro crisis: about the causes and consequences of the collapsing economy, the costly rescue of banks, the rising debts, the predicted end of the euro, the imminent exit of Greece, the ongoing search for the guilty parties, the disagreement about solutions,...
In Bed with Wall Street
The Conspiracy Crippling Our Global Economy
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2014
The Wall Street meltdown in 2008 brought the country to its knees, and spawned nationwide protests against the lack of regulation and oversight facing Wall Street. But the average American still fails to fully grasp what was—and still is—happening: that the inmates continue to run the asylum....
All That Glitters
The Fall of Barings
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2011
**The definitive, classic account of the fall of the House of Baring, the oldest merchant bank in London, in 1995 and the ultimate rogue trader, Nick Leeson, who brought down the venerable institution with speculative investing.
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John Gapper, associate editor of the Financial Times, and his coauthor...
Till Time's Last Sand
A History of the Bank of England 1694-2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2017
The authorised history of the Bank of England by the bestselling David Kynaston, 'the most entertaining historian alive' (Spectator).
'Not an ordinary bank, but a great engine of state,' Adam Smith declared of the Bank of England as long ago as 1776. The Bank is now over 320 years old, and...
Otto Kahn
Art, Money, and Modern Time
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2014
In the early decades of the twentieth century, almost everyone in modern theater, literature, or film knew of Otto Kahn (1867-1934), and those who read the financial press or followed the news from Wall Street could scarcely have missed his name. A partner at one of America's premier private banks,...
by Andru Istomin
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2017
Bitcoin
The world of currency is changing. Trading in traditional currencies such as Dollar and Pound is not as profitable as it has been in the past. Experts predict the price of 1 single Bitcoin could reach 10K within the next year and trading in cryptocurrency has never been more lucrative...
From Foreclosure to Fair Lending
Advocacy, Organizing, Occupy, and the Pursuit of Equitable Credit
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2013
Well-known fair housing and fair lending activists and organizers examine the implications of the new wave of fair housing activism generated by Occupy Wall Street protests and the many successes achieved in fair housing and fair lending over the years. The book reveals the limitations of advocacy...
Financial Whirlpools
A Systems Story of the Great Global Recession
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2013
How do economists reconcile their expertise with their failures to predict and manage the 2008 financial crisis? This book goes a long way toward an answer by using systems theory to reveal the complex interdependence of factors and forces behind the crisis. In her fully integrated view of the economy,...
Before Babylon, Beyond Bitcoin
From Money that We Understand to Money that Understands Us
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2017
Technology is changing money: it has been transformed from physical objects to intangible information. With the arrival of smart cards, mobile phones and Bitcoin it has become easier than ever to create new forms of money. Crucially, money is also inextricably connected with our identities. Your card...
by Jörg Mr. Decressin, Wim Mr. Fonteyne, Hamid Mr. Faruqee
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2007
By and large, EU financial integration has been a success story. Still, the reform agenda is far from finished. What are the remaining challenges? What are the gains of closer financial market integration? This IMF book tracks the European Union's journey along the path to a single financial market and...
Monetary Policy Rule in Theory and Practice
Facing the Internal vs External Stability Dilemma
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2013
This new volume sheds new light on current monetary issues, in particular the debate on monetary policy making, by blending theoretical economic analysis, history of economics, and historical case studies.
A discretionary monetary policy refers to cases in which the central bank is free to...
by Abbas Mirakhor, Azura Othman, Syed Othman Alhabshi
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2017
This book offers an alternative framework for macroeconomic policy in Malaysia, derived from the universal principles of social justice espoused in the objectives of the Shariah. It attempts to holistically analyze issues related to public finance, which has been criticized for lack of transparency...
Global Credit Review
Volume 2
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
This annual publication provides an overview of the most important developments in global credit markets and the regulatory landscape. It covers theoretical and empirical research on credit ratings and credit risk, and reports on recent findings and evolutions of the Risk Management Institute's Credit...