The speculation economy [[electronic resource] ] : how finance triumphed over industry / / Lawrence E. Mitchell

• Autore: Mitchell Lawrence E
• Pubblicazione: San Francisco, CA, : Berrett-Koehler Publishers, c2008
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (414 p.)
• Disciplina: 330.97308; 332.645
• Soggetto topico: Corporations - United States; Finance - United States; Industries - United States; Speculation - United States
• Soggetto geografico: United States Economic policy
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: The speculation economy
• ISBN: 1-60994-448-8; 9786612300530; 1-60509-386-6; 1-282-30053-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910778536803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: BK currents book.