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Author
Publisher
Grove Atlantic
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
The #1 New York Times -bestselling author takes on subjects from banking to bitcoin: "Another winner from an A-list humorist."- Booklist Sharp-witted satirist and author of Parliament of Whores P. J. O'Rourke takes on his scariest subjects yet -- business, investment, finance, and the political chicanery behind them. Want to get rich overnight for free in 3 easy steps with no risk? Then don't buy this book. (Actually, if you believe there's a book...
Author
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Over the past three years, the notorious @GSElevator Twitter feed has offered a hilarious, shamelessly voyeuristic look into the real world of international finance. Hundreds of thousands followed the account, Goldman Sachs launched an internal investigation, and when the true identity of the man behind it all was revealed, it created a national media sensation--but that's only part of the story. Where @GSElevator captured the essence of the banking...
Author
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
An indispensable on-the-ground guide that puts today's financial landscape into perspective.
Money Makers illuminates the often secretive industries of the private sector that drive the modern economy. David Snider and Chris Howard draw on their interviews with top executives--such as Jamie Dimon, CEO of JPMorgan Chase; David Rubenstein, Cofounder of the Carlyle Group; and Shona Brown, Senior Vice President of Business Operations at Google--to reveal...
Author
Publisher
Open Road Media Mystery & Thriller
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
A female computer expert at the world's largest bank plans the perfect heist in this New York Times Notable Book from the #1 international bestselling author of The Eight Verity Banks is the one of the most powerful women in finance, but she still reports to a man. Her boss not only refuses to implement her security plan to safeguard customers' deposits, he also sabotages her shot at becoming director of security at the Federal Reserve. Outraged,...
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Series
Language
English
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Description
"Financial observer and journalist Walter Bagehot sheds light on the world of banking in his influential tract Written in response to a nineteenth-century banking crisis in England, Walter Bagehot's influential treatise was one of the first to clearly explain complex financial systems like international banking, currency, and corporate finance in clear and easy-to-understand language. Credit, Bagehot suggests, is based primarily on trust. When the...
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Leadership
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Every day, businesses, investors, and consumers are grappling with the seismic changes technology has brought to the banking and finance industry. The Money Hackers is the dramatic story of fintech's major players and explores how these disruptions are transforming even money itself. Whether you've heard of fintech or not, it's already changing your life. Have you ever "Venmoed" someone? Do you think of investing in Bitcoin--even though you can't...
Author
Publisher
Barlow Publishing / Independent Publishers Group
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"In this memoir, one of the most successful investment bankers on Bay Street shares the lessons he learned about business and life in a long and successful career as president of Burns Fry and then as vice-chairman of BMO Nesbitt Burns.Lessons Learned on Bay Street tells the inside story of how Donald K. Johnson led financing transactions involving hundreds of millions of dollars for Canadian and international corporations, deals that involved some...
Author
Publisher
RosettaBooks / Open Road Integrated Media
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"No institution, government, or country is "too big to fail." A behind-the-scenes account of what led to the 2008 crisis--and may soon lead to a bigger one. Written by two bank executives with firsthand experience of several financial crises, Nothing is Too Big to Fail holds a stiff warning about the future of finance and social justice--revealing how the US government's fiscal and monetary policies are creating asset and debt bubbles that could...
Author
Publisher
Open Road Media
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
A "compelling [and] carefully researched" account of greed, duplicity, and an unholy partnership between Switzerland and the Third Reich (The Washington Times). In the third and fourth decades of the twentieth century, the European continent fell, nation by nation, to Nazi Germany's invincible war machine. But Switzerland remained neutral during World War II, taking no side and bowing to no master. For a long time after, that was the accepted history--but...
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