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Record Nr.

UNINA9910818396503321

Autore

Mellyn Kevin

Titolo

Financial market meltdown : everything you need to know to understand and survive the global credit crisis / / Kevin Mellyn

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Santa Barbara, Calif. : , : Praeger, , 2009

London : , : Bloomsbury Publishing (UK), , 2024

ISBN

979-84-00-65127-4

1-282-33876-5

9786612338762

0-313-37777-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (225 p.)

Disciplina

332.0973

332.0973-dc22

Soggetti

Finance - United States - History - 21st century

Financial crises - United States - History - 21st century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

A tour of the financial world and its inhabitants -- The financial market made simple -- Financial innovation made easy -- How we got here -- The fed demystified -- The limits of financial regulation -- The natural history of financial folly -- What should be done?

Sommario/riassunto

This is the only book the general reader will ever need in order to understand the workings of money, banking, and finance as a citizen and consumer.