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Author Davis, Gerald F. (Gerald Fredrick), 1961-

Title Managed by the markets : how finance reshaped America / Gerald F. Davis
Published Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 304 pages)
Contents 1. The New Financial Capitalism; 2. Financial Markets and Corporate Governance; 3. From Institution to Nexus: How the Corporation Got, Then Lost, its Soul; 4. From Banks to Markets: How Securitization Ended the "Wonderful Life"; 5. From Sovereign to Vendor-State: How Delaware and Liberia became the McDonald's and Nike of Corporate Law; 6. From Employee and Citizen to Investor: How Talent, Friends, and Homes became "Capital"; 7. Conclusion: A Society of Investors?; Notes; References; Index
Summary The turbulence of the stock market and the housing market in the early years of the 21st century have demonstrated the dangers of tying society too closely to financial markets. Managed by the Markets provides a guide to how we got here and unpacks the consequences of linking the well-being of society too closely to financial markets. - ;The current economic crisis reveals just how central finance has become to American life. Problems with obscure securities created on Wall Street radiated outward to threaten the retirement security of pensioners in Florida and Arizona, the homes and college s
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-294) and index
Notes English
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Subject Capital market -- United States -- History -- 21st century
Business cycles -- United States -- History -- 21st century
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Finance.
Capital market -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
Business cycles -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
Business cycles
Capital market
Economic history
Wirtschaftssystem
Wirtschaftskrise
Kapitalmarkt
Kreditwesen
Bedeutung
Kapitalmarknad -- historia -- Förenta staterna -- 2000-talet.
Konjunkturer -- historia -- Förenta staterna -- 2000-talet.
Financial markets -- USA. -- History.
Post-industrial society -- USA.
SUBJECT United States -- Economic conditions -- 2001-2009. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2001004604
Subject United States -- Economic conditions -- 2001-2009.
United States
USA
Förenta staterna -- ekonomiska förhållanden -- sekelskiftet 2000.
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780191568794
0191568791
1282199242
9781282199248
9786612199240
6612199245