Cowardly Capitalism - The Myth of the GlobalFinancial Casino
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DANIEL BEN-AMI has worked as a financial journalist in London for 15 years. He has written for several national publications in the UK - including the Financial Times, Guardian, Independent, Sunday Times and Prospect magazine - and numerous specialist journals. In addition he has written on the Middle East for the Economist Intelligence Unit and contributed to Cultural Difference, Media Memories (Cassell 1997) on media images of Japan. He was the editor of Investment Adviser, a specialist weekly newspaper on mutual funds from the Financial Times group, for four years. He is now a senior editor for Morningstar in London. His website can be found at www.cowardlycapitalism.com.
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Introduction: Fear of finance.
Global finance: Out of control?
Rogues in red suspenders: The myth of the financial casino.
Rocket scientists: The ideas behind the practice of modern finance.
Neurotic finance: How risk aversion has reshaped the financial system.
Big numbers: Derivatives and fictitious capital.
The covert revolution: The rise of fund manager capitalism.
Killing the patient: Why the quest for safety can be dangerous.
Conclusion: Getting real - towards an alternative.
Notes.
Select bibliography.
Index.
Abbreviations.
Introduction: Fear of finance.
Global finance: Out of control?
Rogues in red suspenders: The myth of the financial casino.
Rocket scientists: The ideas behind the practice of modern finance.
Neurotic finance: How risk aversion has reshaped the financial system.
Big numbers: Derivatives and fictitious capital.
The covert revolution: The rise of fund manager capitalism.
Killing the patient: Why the quest for safety can be dangerous.
Conclusion: Getting real - towards an alternative.
Notes.
Select bibliography.
Index.
