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  • Wages, Bonuses and Appropriation of Profit in the Financial Industry

    The working rich

    by Olivier Godechot ...
    Series series Routledge International Studies in Money and Banking
    The 2008 financial crisis led the whole world to ask questions of the financial industry. Why are wages in the financial industry so high? Are bonuses responsible for the financial crisis? Where do bonuses come from? Politicians and others urged people to believe that the crisis was the price of Wall Street’s greed and blamed the "bonus culture" prevalent in the financial industry. However, ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

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  • Money and Power

    How Goldman Sachs Came to Rule the World

    by William D. Cohan ...
    The bestselling author of the acclaimed House of Cards and The Last Tycoons turns his spotlight on to Goldman Sachs and the controversy behind its success.From the outside, Goldman Sachs is a perfect company. The Goldman PR machine loudly declares it to be smarter, more ethical, and more profitable than all of its competitors. Behind closed doors, however, the firm constantly straddles the line ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

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  • A Colossal Failure of Common Sense

    The Inside Story of the Collapse of Lehman Brothers

    by Lawrence G. McDonald, Patrick Robinson ...
    One of the biggest questions of the financial crisis has not been answered until now: What happened at Lehman Brothers and why was it allowed to fail, with aftershocks that rocked the global economy? In this news-making, often astonishing book, a former Lehman Brothers Vice President gives us the straight answers—right from the belly of the beast.In A Colossal Failure of Common Sense, Larry ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Wall Street and the Rise of Hitler

    The Astonishing True Story of the American Financiers Who Bankrolled the Nazis

    by Antony Cyril Sutton ...
    'The contribution made by American capitalism to German war preparations can only be described as phenomenal. It was certainly crucial to German military capabilities... Not only was an influential sector of American business aware of the nature of Naziism, but for its own purposes aided Naziism wherever possible (and profitable) - with full knowledge that the probable outcome would be war ... Read more

    $8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Value at Risk, 3rd Ed. : The New Benchmark for Managing Financial Risk: The New Benchmark for Managing Financial Risk

    The New Benchmark for Managing Financial Risk

    by Philippe Jorion ...
    Since its original publication, Value at Risk has become the industry standard in risk management. Now in its Third Edition, this international bestseller addresses the fundamental changes in the field that have occurred across the globe in recent years. Philippe Jorion provides the most current information needed to understand and implement VAR-as well as manage newer dimensions of financial risk ... Read more

    $55.99 USD

  • When Money Was In Fashion

    Henry Goldman, Goldman Sachs, and the Founding of Wall Street

    by June Breton Fisher ...
    This epic biography tells the story of the rise of Wall Street and the growth of Goldman Sachs from a small commercial paper company to the international banking business we know today. At its heart is the story of Henry Goldman, a man who spoke out passionately for his beliefs, understood the importance of the bottom line, and was known to chuckle, draw on his cigar, and remind his young protégés ... Read more

    $17.29 USD

  • Standard & Poor's Fundamentals of Corporate Credit Analysis

    by Blaise Ganguin, John Bilardello ...
    An up-to-date, accurate framework for credit analysis and decision making, from the experts at Standard & Poor's"In a world of increasing financial complexity and shorter time frames in which to assess the wealth or dearth of information, this book provides an invaluable and easily accessible guide of critical building blocks of credit analysis to all credit professionals."--Apea Koranteng, Global ... Read more

    $71.99 USD

  • Next Generation Data Centers in Financial Services

    Next Generation Data Centers in Financial Services

    by Tony Bishop ...
    Series series Complete Technology Guides for Financial Services
    Financial markets are witnessing an unprecedented explosion in the availability of data, and the firms that survive will be able to leverage this information to increase their profit and expand their opportunities in a global world. Financial firms have two options: to build their own data centers or to outsource them to hosting services such as Google and Amazon 'cloud' services. While ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

  • Eagle on the Street

    The SEC and Wall Street during the Reagan Years

    by David A. Vise, Steve Coll ...
    A "spellbinding account" of Wall Street deregulation in the 1980s, based on a Pulitzer Prize–winning Washington Post series ( The New York Times Book Review).Described by the New York Times Book Review as "worthy of being on the same shelf" as Liar's Poker, Greed and Glory on Wall Street, and Barbarians at the Gate, this eye-opening business history explains how Washington and Wall Street cut the ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Risk Management Issues in Insurance

    Edited by Martin Bird, Tim Gordon ...
    The financial crisis of 2008 had little impact on the insurance industry globally, unlike the solvency issues within other financial sectors. This title looks at the major risk concerns within insurance and how the industry as a whole deals with potential threats to its business in the short, medium, and long term.It will demystify how insurers cope with liquidity risk, counterparty risk, tail ... Read more

    $27.99 USD

  • Banking on Words

    The Failure of Language in the Age of Derivative Finance

    by Arjun Appadurai ...
    In this provocative look at one of the most important events of our time, renowned scholar Arjun Appadurai argues that the economic collapse of 2008—while indeed spurred on by greed, ignorance, weak regulation, and irresponsible risk-taking—was, ultimately, a failure of language. To prove this sophisticated point, he takes us into the world of derivative finance, which has become the core of ... Read more

    $12.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Funded

    The Entrepreneur's Guide to Raising Your First Round

    by Katherine Hague ...
    The venture capital world is often intimidating and hard to navigate, even for the most seasoned entrepreneurs. But it doesn’t have to be. Entrepreneurs who run effective fundraising processes don’t do it by accident. With this book, you’ll learn what it takes to successfully raise a round of funding for your company.Author Katherine Hague explains how the venture capital industry works, and walks ... Read more

    $18.99 USD