Carnival on Wall Street : global financial markets in the 1990s
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Carnival on Wall Street : global financial markets in the 1990s
Wiley, c2004
Wiley international ed
- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-251) and index
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Description
Traces key themes throughout the 1990s on global financial markets. Presents a view of the liberalization of the global capital markets and the interrelated boom on Wall Street, which developed into a global carnival, pulling players around the world into the game. Spans a time period from George Soros' attack on the pound sterling in 1991-92 to the events of September 11, tracing key themes throughout the decade. Focuses on foreign exchange markets, globalization versus anti-globalization, Asian earthquakes, and more.
Table of Contents
Preface. Acknowledgments. Chapter 1. Introduction: Greed, Greatness, and Disaster. PART I: THE GLOBALIZATION OF CAPITAL MARKETS. Chapter 2. Wall Street: From Furs to Global Capital Markets. Chapter 3. Emerging Markets: Good Money After Bad? Chapter 4. Foreign Exchange Markets: Speculators, Policeman and Suckers. Chapter 5. Return of the Neo-Luddites: Globalization and Antiglobalization. PART II: WALL STREET: BUBBLE TO BUST. Chapter 6. The Tech Bubble. Chapter 7. The Firm and Globalization. Chapter 8. A Decade of Financial Wrongdoing. Chapter 9. Japan and China: Potential Asian Earthquakes. Chapter 10. 9/11 and Beyond: It's the Symbol, Stupid. Selected Bibliography. Index.
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