LEADER 02550nam 2200589 a 450 001 9910139600103321 005 20230725051139.0 010 $a1-119-20601-4 010 $a1-283-23950-7 010 $a9786613239501 010 $a0-470-97208-4 035 $a(CKB)2550000000045915 035 $a(EBL)564943 035 $a(OCoLC)760884526 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000631811 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11392418 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000631811 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10617312 035 $a(PQKB)11110897 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC564943 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL564943 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10494561 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL323950 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000045915 100 $a20111010d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAlchemists of loss$b[electronic resource] $ehow modern finance and government intervention crashed the financial system /$fKevin Dowd and Martin Hutchinson 210 $aChichester, West Sussex $cWiley$d2010 215 $a1 online resource (434 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-470-68915-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $apt. 1. Past successes and disasters -- pt. 2. The modern financial theory engine -- pt. 3. Interactions with the real world -- pt. 4. Policy accommodates modern finance -- pt. 5. Go?tterda?mmerung -- pt. 6. Charting a new way forward. 330 $aAn engaging look at how modern finance almost destroyed our global economy Over the last thirty years, capital markets have been restructured through the tenets of modern finance. This has been enormously profitable for the financial services sector. However, these innovations, coupled with unsound risk and regulatory practices have proved disastrous for the global economy. In a clear and accessible style, ex-investment banker and financial journalist Martin Hutchinson, and highly respected academic, Kevin Dowd show how modern finance combined with easy money threatened to bring 606 $aEconomic history$y1990- 606 $aCapital market 615 0$aEconomic history 615 0$aCapital market. 676 $a332 700 $aDowd$b Kevin K$0989923 701 $aHutchinson$b Martin$0989924 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910139600103321 996 $aAlchemists of loss$92264201 997 $aUNINA