The alchemy of finance
Book - 2003
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- Published
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Hoboken, N.J. :
J. Wiley
©2003.
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Other Authors
- Item Description
- "New edition"--Page xi.
- Physical Description
- xx, 391 pages ; 23 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 377-379).
- ISBN
- 9780471445494
- Foreword to the New Edition
- Foreword to the First Edition
- New Preface
- New Introduction
- Part 1. Theory
- 1.. Reflexivity in the Stock Market
- 2.. Reflexivity in the Currency Market
- 3.. The Credit and Regulatory Cycle
- Part 2. Historical Perspective
- 4.. The International Debt Problem
- 5.. The Collective System of Lending
- 6.. Reagan's Imperial Circle
- 7.. Evolution of the Banking System
- 8.. The "Oligopolarization" of America
- Part 3. The Real-Time Experiment
- 9.. The Starting Point: August 1985
- 10.. Phase 1: August 1985-December 1985
- 11.. Control Period: January 1986-July 1986
- 12.. Phase 2: July 1986-November 1986
- 13.. The Conclusion: November 1986
- Part 4. Evaluation
- 14.. The Scope for Financial Alchemy: An Evaluation of the Experiment
- 15.. The Quandary of the Social Sciences
- Part 5. Prescription
- 16.. Free Markets Versus Regulation
- 17.. Toward an International Central Bank
- 18.. The Paradox of Systemic Reform
- 19.. The Crash of '87
- Epilogue
- Notes
- Appendix