Wall Streeters: The Creators and Corruptors of American Finance (Columbia Business School Publishing)
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| Rating | : | 4.84 (531 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0231170548 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 368 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-04-24 |
| Language | : | English |
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He has served on the boards of companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange, and NASDAQ.. Before beginning his teaching career, he was an investment banker and served as executive vice president of Stifel, Nicolaus, & Co. Ed Morris is a professor of finance and former dean of the business school at Lindenwood Universi
Anyone interested in the modern institution of American finance will devour this history of some of its most important players.. Edward Morris plots in absorbing detail Wall Street's transformation from a clubby enclave of financiers to a symbol of vast economic power. His book begins with J. Pierpont Morgan, who ruled the American banking system at the turn of the twentieth century, and ends with Sandy Weill, whose collapsing Citigroup required the largest taxpayer bailout in history. The 2008 financial collapse, the expansion of corporate and private wealth, the influence of money in politicsmany of Wall Street's contemporary trends can be traced back to the work of fourteen critical figures who wrote, and occasionally broke, the rules of American finance. From Charles Merrill, who founded Merrill Lynch and introduced the small investor to the American stock m
Walker III, former chairman, Stifel, Nicolaus & Co. Wall Streeters is a long overdue book by a highly respected student of American finance. (Brenda Jubin Seeking Alpha)A retelling of the careers and the personalities who formed today's world of high finance. Wall Streeters is a book that every college student, baby boomer and voter ought to read. (George H. Along the way readers will learn the value of finance to our nation, despite Wall Street's problems. Ed Morris uses the informative lens of biography to bring this history alive, and they are all here, from the saints to the sinners. (Victor Ricciardi, Goucher College)A worthwhile read for those looking to understand the roots of the financial crisis and the present state of the
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