Age of greed : the triumph of finance and the decline of America, 1970 to the present / Jeff Madrick...
Age of greed : the triumph of finance and the decline of America, 1970 to the present / Jeff Madrick...
Age of greed : the triumph of finance and the decline of America, 1970 to the present / Jeff Madrick.
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New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2011.
Date
2011.
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N330.973/264
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English
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xi, 464 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents
Revolution -- Prologue Lewis Uhler believer -- Walter Wriston regulatory revoltá -- Milton Friedman proselytizer -- Richard Nixon and Arthur Burns political expediencyá -- Joe Flom the hostile takeover -- Ivan Boesky wanting it all -- Walter Wriston II bailing out citibank -- Ronald Reagan the mak...
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New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2011.
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New York (State)
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2011.
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As Jeff Madrick makes clear, the single-minded pursuit of huge personal wealth has been on the rise in the United States since the 1970s, led by a few individuals who argue that self-interest guides society more effectively than community concerns. In telling the stories of these politicians, economists, and financiers who declared a moral battle f...
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Age of greed : the triumph of finance and the decline of America, 1970 to the present / Jeff Madrick.
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Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N330.973/264
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74Vvmkz540oX
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74Vvmkz540oX
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9781400041718
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330.97300922
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991006621329702626
