Financial Market History

The High Priests of the Economics profession are a privileged and highly-compensated group. Their speeches are endlessly analyzed, their every public utterance transcribed and disseminated world-wide. Yet they’re often wrong. How can this be? How can a profession that sends one of these high priests to Scandinavia each year to receive a Nobel Prize for achievements in “Economic Science” be so error-prone? The answer is quite simple: Economics, and the social and soft sciences more generally, are not science in the same sense that physics and chemistry and engineering are science. In ...

By providing historical context and a thorough yet easily accessible explanation of US financial markets, authors Norbert Michel and Jennifer Schulp provide a much-needed counterpoint to current debates and criticisms. "Financing Opportunity" not only busts many popular myths about financial markets but also proposes ways to improve how our financial markets function. With financial markets and American opportunity so closely tied, financial policy is vital to supporting growth, productivity, and prosperity.

"The Rothschilds: Pioneers of Investment Banking and the Modern Financial World" is a comprehensive exploration of the Rothschild family's lasting impact on the finance and investment banking industries. From their humble beginnings as a small family business to their rise as one of the most influential and powerful banking families in the world, this book examines the Rothschilds' innovative practices and entrepreneurial spirit that helped to shape the modern financial landscape. Throughout the book, readers will gain a deep understanding of the Rothschilds' contributions to the ...

In this up to the minute account of the current financial crisis, Dan Gross goes step by step through the timeline leading up to the October 2008 bail-out and explains what exactly happened. Using information and statistics only weeks old, he offers a thorough and enlightening analysis of where we all go from here.

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