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Alchemists of Loss : how modern finance and government intervention crashed the financial system.

DOWD Kevin ; HUTCHINSON Martin

WILEY

2010

422

134.54-DOWD

CAPITAL MARKET ; ECONOMIC CRISIS ; ECONOMIC HISTORY


Number of copies : 1
No. Call n° Bar code Commentary
1 [available]

ISBN 13 : 978-0-470-68915-8

Contents : Part 1. Past Successes and Disasters.
1. Introduction.
2. Pre-Modern Finance.
3. Lessons from Past Financial Crises.

Part 2. The Modern Financial Theory Engine.
4. Theoretical Foundations of Modern Finance.
5. Modern Financial Theory's Hideous Flaws.
6. Risk Management: Daft Theory, Dodgy Practice.

Part 3. Interactions with the Real World.
7. The Real World Becomes Modern Finance-friendly.
8. Modern Finance Captures Wall Street.
9. And Wall Street Metamorphoses.
10. Derivatives and Other Disasters.

Part 4. Policy Accommodates Modern Finance.
11. Loose Money.
12. Government Meddling in the Financial System.

Part 5. Götterdämmerung.
13. Bubble, Burst, and Panic.
14. The Slope Down Which We're Heading.

Part 6. Charting a New Way Forward.
15. The Math of Proper Risk Management.
16. Back to the Future – A New Vision of Finance.
17. A Blueprint for Reform.
18. Lessons to Take Away.

Bibliography.

Language : English

Place of publishing : TORONTO

Location : Nice Library

Material : Paper

Statement : Présent

Owner : Bibliothèque