Alchemists of Loss: How modern finance and government intervention crashed the financial system philosophy

Alchemists of Loss: How modern finance and government intervention crashed the financial system philosophyAn 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

Bringing together new evidence from a startling range of sources and piecing together the myriad influences

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Focuses on lessons that the practice of finance must learn from recent events

provides you with the opportunity to examine this question from all angles and come to your own conclusions

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and gives a refreshing voice to widespread public skepticism over global warming

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