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Record Nr.

UNINA9910824841603321

Autore

Mitchell Lawrence E

Titolo

The speculation economy : how finance triumphed over industry / / Lawrence E. Mitchell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

San Francisco, CA, : Berrett-Koehler Publishers, c2008

ISBN

9786612300530

9781609944483

1609944488

9781605093864

1605093866

9781282300538

1282300539

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (414 p.)

Collana

A BK currents book

Disciplina

330.97308

332.645

Soggetti

Corporations - United States

Finance - United States

Industries - United States

Speculation - United States

United States Economic policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; PREFACE; Prologue; One: The Principle of Cooperation; Two: Sanctuary; Three: Transcendental Value; Four: The New Property; Five: The Complex Whole; Six: Much Ado About Nothing; Seven: Panic and Progress; Eight: The Speculation Economy; Nine: The End of Reform; Ten: Manufacturing Securities; Epilogue; NOTES; SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Sommario/riassunto

As the 20th century dawned there was a silent but fateful transformation in the purpose of the American economy.  Finance stopped serving industry and twisted industry to serve its own ends.  THE SPECULATION ECONOMY shows this reversal of economic



priorities, and its sometimes-disastrous consequences, demonstrated most recently by Enron.