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The Great American Stickup: How Reagan Republicans and Clinton Democrats Enriched Wall Street While Mugging Main Street by Robert Scheer Publisher Comments In The Great American Stickup, celebrated journalist Robert Scheer uncovers the hidden story behind one of the greatest financial crimes of our time: the Wall Street financial crash of 2008 and the consequent global recession. Instead of going where... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper 
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Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World by Liaquat Ahamed Publisher Comments It is commonly believed that the Great Depression that began in 1929 resulted from a confluence of events beyond any one person's or government's control. In fact, as Liaquat Ahamed reveals, it was the decisions made by a small number of central bankers... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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New Lombard Street (10 Edition) by Perry Mehrling Publisher Comments "The global financial system is badly broken. Many institutions and individuals share responsibility for the development of pathologies in and around our largest banks, but the buck stops, literally and figuratively, with the Federal Reserve. If you... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $15.00 Used - Hardcover
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13 Bankers: The Wall Street Takeover and the Next Financial Meltdown (Vintage) by Simon Johnson Publisher Comments In spite of its key role in creating the ruinous financial crisis of 2008, the American banking industry has grown bigger, more profitable, and more resistant to regulation than ever. Anchored by six megabanks whose assets amount to more than 60 percent... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Origin of Financial Crises: Central Banks, Credit Bubbles and the Efficient Market Fallacy by George Cooper Publisher Comments The Origin of Financial Crises provides a compelling analysis of the forces behind today's economic crisis. In a series of disarmingly simple arguments George Cooper challenges the core principles of today's economic orthodoxy, explaining why financial... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Banktown: The Rise and Struggles of Charlotte's Big Banks by Rick Rothacker Synopsis With a cast containing ambitious CEOs, brash traders, and powerful government officials, "Banktown" is poised to become the definitive account of how the national financial crisis played out in Charlotte, and how its aftermath belted the economy and the... (read more) Your price: $26.95 New - Hardcover
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Money and Power: How Goldman Sachs Came to Rule the World by William D. Cohan Publisher Comments From the bestselling, prize-winning author of THE LAST TYCOONS and HOUSE OF CARDS, a revelatory history of Goldman Sachs, the most dominant, feared, and controversial investment bank in the world For much of its storied 142-year history,... (read more) Your price: $30.50 New - Hardcover
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The Rise and Decline of the Medici Bank: 1397-1494 by Raymond A. De Roover Publisher Comments A classic history of banking and trade in the medieval period, combining superb research and analysis with graceful writing.<P>The Medici Bank was the most powerful banking house of the 15th century. Headquartered in Florence, Italy, it established... (read more) Your price: $38.25 New - Trade Paper
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The Foundations of Islamic Banking by Mohamed (edt) Ariff Book News Annotation Scholars of finance and law describe Islamic financial institutions that have blossomed around the world over the past half century. They cover foundations of ethical financial transactions; Islamic banking principles, regulations, and governance; the... (read more) Your price: $143.25 New - Hardcover
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13 Bankers : Wall Street Takeover and the Next Financial Meltdown (10 Edition) by Simon Johnson Publisher Comments Even after the ruinous financial crisis of 2008, America is still beset by the depredations of an oligarchy that is now bigger, more profitable, and more resistant to regulation than ever. Anchored by six megabanks—Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase... (read more) List Price $26.95 Your price: $14.00 Used - Hardcover
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Chasing Dirty Money: Progress on Anti-Money Laundering by Peter Reuter Publisher Comments Originally developed to reduce drug trafficking, national and international efforts to stymie money laundering have broadened over the years to address other crimes and, most recently, terrorism. These efforts now constitute a formidable regime applied... (read more) Your price: $23.95 New - Trade Paper
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Basic Mathematics for Economics, Business and Finance by E. K. Ummer Publisher Comments This book can help overcome the widely observed math-phobia and math-aversion among undergraduate students in these subjects. The book can also help them understand why they have to learn different mathematical techniques, how they can be applied, and... (read more) List Price $87.75 Your price: $83.75 New - Trade Paper
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The Accidental Investment Banker: Inside the Decade That Transformed Wall Street by Jonathan A. Knee Publisher Comments Examines the relationship between investment banking and the rise of the Internet during a period of intense investment in start-up dot.com ventures and discusses how the focus of banking has shifted from a relationship with clients to the need for... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $17.53 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Getting Finance in South Asia: Indicators and Analysis of the Commercial Banking Sector [With CDROM] by Kiatchai Sophastienphong Publisher Comments Utilizing standardized indicators from 2001 to 2008, 'Getting Finance in South Asia 2010' analyzes the financial performance and soundness of commercial banks in eight South Asian countries: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal... (read more) Your price: $45.75 New - Trade Paper
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Bank Regulatory Reforms in Africa (Palgrave MacMillan Studies in Banking and Financial Institut) by Victor (edt) Murinde Publisher Comments Bank regulation in Africa is at a crossroads. The transition from Basel I to Basel II was relatively smooth, although there were many a 'doubting Thomas' on the feasibility of Basel II banking regulatory codes. With the global financial crisis and the... (read more) Your price: $90.00 New - Hardcover
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Basel III Credit Rating Systems: An Applied Guide to Quantitative and Qualitative Models (Finance and Capital Markets) by Luisa Izzi Publisher Comments More than ever, banking competition is based on the ability to control the cost of risk and can be only be managed with excellent internal rating models and very advanced risk management processes. This book is a comprehensive guide to quantitative and... (read more) List Price $230.25 Your price: $220.00 New - Hardcover
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Rethinking Bank Regulation : Till Angels Govern -with CD (06 Edition) by James R. Barth Publisher Comments This volume assembles and presents a new database on bank regulation in over 150 countries, conducts the first, comprehensive cross-country assessment of the impact of bank regulation on the operation of banks, and assesses the validity of the Basel... (read more) List Price $36.99 Your price: $28.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Bubble Man: Alan Greenspan and the Missing 7 Trillion Dollars by Peter Hartcher Publisher Comments In this eye-opening account, Hartcher reexamines the achievements of Alan Greenspan, the man who presided over the 1990s stock-market bubble and walked away when it came crashing down, with his reputation unscathed even as his mistakes lived on.... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $4.50 Used - Hardcover
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Uncontrolled Risk (10 Edition) by Mark Williams Publisher Comments How Excessive Risk Destroyed Lehman and Nearly Brought Down the Financial Industry “Uncontrolled Risk will ruffle feathersand for good reasonas voters and legislators learn the diffi cult lessons of Lehmans collapse and demand that we never forget... (read more) List Price $27.95 Your price: $14.00 Used - Hardcover
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Banking with Integrity: The Winners of the Financial Crisis? (Humanism in Business) by Heiko (edt) Spitzeck Publisher Comments Banking with Integrity provides rich and in-depth case studies of banks which were doing well during the financial crisis of 2007-2010. While other banks went bankrupt, were nationalized, or struggled for survival some ofthe featured cases increased... (read more) Your price: $90.00 New - Hardcover
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