Financial Economics

Welcome to "The Consolidation Game," the comprehensive guide to corporate consolidation! This eBook encompasses everything you need to know about mergers and acquisitions in today's business world. Starting with the evolution of corporate consolidation, this guide takes you through all the nitty-gritty details of how businesses merge and acquire one another. You'll learn about the various types of corporate consolidation and the strategic considerations to take into account before diving headfirst into any M&A transactions. Investment bankers play a crucial role in corporate consolidation, ...

From the invention of interest in Mesopotamia and the origin of paper money in China, to the creation of mutual funds, inflation-indexed bonds, and global financial securities, here is a sweeping survey of financial innovations that have changed the world. Written by a distinguished group of experts - including Robert Shiller, Niall Ferguson, Valerie Hansen, and many others - The Origins of Value traces the evolution of finance through 4,000 years of history.

The New York Times best-selling author of The Roaring 2000s guides listeners through the biggest economic crisis since the Great Depression. The first and last economic depression that you will experience in your lifetime is just ahead. The years 2009 and 2010 will be the initial end of prosperity in almost every market, ushering in a downturn like most of us have not experienced before.

Cambridge economist Ha-Joon Chang brilliantly debunked many of the predominant myths of neoclassical economics. Now, in an entertaining and accessible primer, he explains how the global economy actually works - in real-world terms. Writing with irreverent wit, a deep knowledge of history and a disregard for conventional economic pieties, Chang offers insights that will never be found in the textbooks.

It is abundantly clear that our world is divided into two very different economies. The real one, for the average worker, is based on productivity and results. It behaves according to traditional rules of money and economics. The other doesn’t. It is the product of years of loose money, poured by central banks into a system dominated by financial titans. It is powerful enough to send stock markets higher even in the face of a global pandemic and threats of nuclear war. Nomi Prins relentlessly exposes a world fractured by policies crafted by the largest financial institutions

For decades, typical financial planning has sold itself on perpetuating a fundamental lie—that you can reach prosperity through its methods. But truly prosperous individuals don’t follow typical financial planning. They know that most mainstream money advice is not intended to make you wealthy; it is intended to keep you from being poor. Big difference. And like any advice for the masses, it is geared toward the lowest common denominator.

Want to give your child essential money skills early on? Struggling to make financial literacy fun? You're not alone. Many parents want their kids to be financially confident but don’t know where to start. That’s where Financial Literacy for Kids Unlocked comes in! Designed for ages 7-12, this audiobook makes learning about money fun, simple, and practical.

Delve into the riveting world of financial turmoil with this engrossing guide that uncovers the most infamous economic crashes and bubbles in history. From ancient market frenzies to today's complex financial landscapes, this book offers a compelling journey through the ages. Tulip Mania: Uncover the details of the world’s first financial bubble and its far-reaching consequences. The Great Depression: Explore the causes and profound impacts of the 1929 economic collapse. The Dot-Com Bubble: Understand the rise and dramatic burst of the early 2000s internet frenzy. The 2008 Global ...

Over the last generation, the United States has undergone seismic changes. Stable institutions have given way to frictionless transactions, which are celebrated no matter what collateral damage they generate. The concentration of great wealth has coincided with the fraying of social ties and the rise of inequality. How did all this come about? In Transaction Man, Nicholas Lemann explains the United States’ - and the world’s - great transformation by examining three remarkable individuals who epitomized and helped create their eras

Even those who are “good with money” can have trouble making money decisions. Managing financial success takes a certain set of skills, but managing money for a successful life requires a different approach. Most of us are driven to strive for money, but that strife never seems to end. In a mindful approach to money, we awaken to self-awareness in our relationship with it, can distinguish like-minded professionals who have our best interests at heart, and fully achieve a well-planned balance of the pursuit of money and happiness. With The Mindful Money Mentality book and workbook, you ...

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, which together control assets amounting to more than 60 percent of the country's gross domestic product, these financial institutions (now more emphatically "too big to fail") continue to hold the global economy hostage.

We are living in a golden age of biomedical innovation, yet entrepreneurs still struggle with the so-called Valley of Death when seeking funding for their biotech start-ups. In Healthcare Finance, Andrew Lo and Shomesh Chaudhuri show that there are better ways to finance breakthrough therapies, and they provide the essential financial tools and concepts for creating the next generation of healthcare technologies.

In 2018, Emily Flitter received a tip that Morgan Stanley had fired a Black employee without cause. Flitter had been searching for a way to investigate the deep-rooted racism in the American financial industry, and that one tip lit the sparkplug for a three-year journey through the shocking yet normalized corruption in our financial institutions. Examining local insurance agencies and corporate titans like JPMorgan Chase, BlackRock, and Wells Fargo and reveals the practices that have kept the racial wealth gap practically as wide as it was during the Jim Crow era.

When a career-ending injury brings together a fallen athlete and a hunted spy, their love will either save the global economy—or destroy them both. Stanford football star Kairo Stem's NFL dreams die on a rain-soaked field, his knee shattered along with his future. But the mysterious woman who stays by his hospital bedside is hiding dangerous secrets of her own. Savannah Rhoades isn't just a compassionate stranger—she's a CIA operative on the run after exposing the government's darkest surveillance program. He discovers the 2008 financial crisis was orchestrated. She's uncovered a ...

In World of Oil Derivatives, Greg Newman breaks down the inner workings of financial oil markets and how to navigate their intricacies. Whether you are looking for a better understanding of the market’s evolution or some help with trading—this book is the ultimate guide to one of the world’s most complex and opaque industries.

The legendary investor and bestselling author shares his unique template for how debt crises work and principles for dealing with them well. This template allowed his firm, Bridgewater Associates, to antic­ipate 2008’s events and navigate them well while others struggled badly. As he explained in his international best­seller Principles, Ray Dalio believes that almost everything happens over and over again through time, so that by studying patterns one can understand the cause-effect relationships behind events and develop principles for dealing with them well.

Danny Larson has weird dreams. Pretty normal for a human, except Danny’s dreams are coming true and nothing will prepare him, or anyone else for what’s coming. Crisis doesn’t cover the imploding nature of the financial disaster that’s coming for everyone and anyone who uses money, the soon-to-be worthless paper that just about everyone on earth relies on to transact business. From buying groceries, cars and houses, to daily survival, money will become nothing but burnable material in a world that isn’t nearly ready for a collapse. When Danny notices his colleagues starting to act ...

Amazon Book Description for Broken Money: The Case Against Fiat and the Rise of Bitcoin Uncover the truth behind the broken system of fiat currency and discover why Bitcoin is reshaping the future of money. In Broken Money: The Case Against Fiat and the Rise of Bitcoin, author J.R. Glenn takes you on a compelling journey through the history, flaws, and potential evolution of money. This book exposes the pitfalls of fiat currency—its inflationary nature, overprinting risks, and centralization—and reveals how Bitcoin is emerging as a revolutionary alternative. Through meticulously ...

With investors more eager than ever to protect their investments, The Empire of Debt is an essential guide to the future of finance, harnessing history to accurately plot where we are and where we're going.

A new wave of financial reformers has infiltrated our public institutions at both the state and national levels. A growing army of self-proclaimed activists, philanthropists, and politicians has infiltrated not only the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, but the FDIC, the Treasury, and other regulatory agencies. This explosive new book from New York Times best-selling author Jay W. Richards reveals the shocking truth. This startling account walks you through America's government and financial industry from the inside out.