03035nam 2200625 a 450 991045539100332120200520144314.01-282-19924-297866121992400-19-156879-1(CKB)1000000000787242(EBL)453597(OCoLC)434868960(SSID)ssj0000196417(PQKBManifestationID)11180782(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000196417(PQKBWorkID)10142024(PQKB)11404180(MiAaPQ)EBC453597(Au-PeEL)EBL453597(CaPaEBR)ebr10317762(CaONFJC)MIL219924(OCoLC)935268585(EXLCZ)99100000000078724220090102d2009 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrManaged by the markets[electronic resource] how finance reshaped America /Gerald F. DavisOxford ;New York Oxford University Press20091 online resource (323 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-969192-4 0-19-921661-4 Includes bibliographical references (p. [285]-294) and index.Contents; 1. The New Financial Capitalism; 2. Financial Markets and Corporate Governance; 3. From Institution to Nexus: How the Corporation Got, Then Lost, its Soul; 4. From Banks to Markets: How Securitization Ended the "Wonderful Life"; 5. From Sovereign to Vendor-State: How Delaware and Liberia became the McDonald's and Nike of Corporate Law; 6. From Employee and Citizen to Investor: How Talent, Friends, and Homes became "Capital"; 7. Conclusion: A Society of Investors?; Notes; References; IndexThe turbulence of the stock market and the housing market in the early years of the 21st century have demonstrated the dangers of tying society too closely to financial markets. Managed by the Markets provides a guide to how we got here and unpacks the consequences of linking the well-being of society too closely to financial markets. - ;The current economic crisis reveals just how central finance has become to American life. Problems with obscure securities created on Wall Street radiated outward to threaten the retirement security of pensioners in Florida and Arizona, the homes and collegeCapital marketUnited StatesHistory21st centuryBusiness cyclesUnited StatesHistory21st centuryUnited StatesEconomic conditions2001-2009Electronic books.Capital marketHistoryBusiness cyclesHistory332/.0410973332.10973Davis Gerald F(Gerald Fredrick),1961-880514MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910455391003321Managed by the markets1966080UNINA