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The devil's derivatives : the untold story of the slick traders and hapless regulators who almost blew up Wall Street--and are ready to do it again / Nicholas Dunbar.
Publication details: Boston, Mass. : Harvard Business Review Press, c2011.Description: xvi, 291 p. ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781422177815 :
- 1422177815 :
- HG6024.U6 D86 2011
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Summary: Charts the story of financial innovation how investment banks invented financial products, how investors across the world were wooed into buying them, how regulators were seduced by the political rewards of easy credit, and how speculators made a killing from the near-meltdown of the financial system.
The bets that made banking sexy -- Going to the mattresses -- A free lunch with processed food -- The broken-heart syndrome -- Regulatory capture -- Burning down the housing market -- The eyes of Satan -- Massive collateral damage.
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American University in Dubai | American University in Dubai | Main Collection | HG 6024 .U6 D86 2011 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 5069481 |
Charts the story of financial innovation how investment banks invented financial products, how investors across the world were wooed into buying them, how regulators were seduced by the political rewards of easy credit, and how speculators made a killing from the near-meltdown of the financial system.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-267) and index.
The bets that made banking sexy -- Going to the mattresses -- A free lunch with processed food -- The broken-heart syndrome -- Regulatory capture -- Burning down the housing market -- The eyes of Satan -- Massive collateral damage.
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