The speculation economy : how finance triumphed over industry /

The speculation economy : how finance triumphed over industry /

Mitchell explains when, how, and why the stock market became the driving force of the American economy. Starting in the first decade of the 20th century, he tells the story of the legal, financial, economic, and social changes that allowed financiers to create large corporations for the main purpose...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mitchell, Lawrence E.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: San Francisco, CA : Berrett-Koehler Publishers, [2007]
Edition:1st ed.
Series:BK currents book.
Subjects:
Industries > United States.
Corporations > United States.
Finance > United States.
Speculation > United States.
United States > Economic policy.
Online Access:Table of contents only
Table of Contents:
  • The principle of cooperation
  • Sanctuary
  • Transcendental value
  • The new property
  • The complex whole
  • Much ado about nothing
  • Panic and progress
  • The speculation economy
  • The end of reform
  • Manufacturing securities.