The looting of America : how Wall Street's game of fantasy finance destroyed our jobs, pensions, and prosperity, and what we can do about it / Les Leopold.
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TextPublisher: White River Junction, Vt. : Chelsea Green Pub., c2009Description: xvii, 219 p. : ill. ; 22 cmISBN: 9781603582056 (pbk.)Subject(s): Finance -- United States | Financial crises -- United States | United States -- Economic conditions -- 2001-2009 | United States -- Economic policy -- 2001-2009DDC classification: 330.973 LOC classification: HG181 | .L42 2009Online resources: Contributor biographical information | Publisher description | Item type | Current location | Home library | Shelving location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-211) and index.
The hooking of Whitefish Bay -- The iron law of fantasy finance -- Is there a dime's bit of difference between Wall Street's "innovation" and gambling? -- Learning and unlearning the lessons of the Great Depression -- The oracle blesses derivatives, the newest game in the casino -- Getting the story backwards -- Financial weapons of mass destruction -- Fantasy finance meets reality: the great crash of 2008 -- The end of fantasy finance? -- Proposals Wall Street won't like -- Proposals Wall Street really won't like.
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