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Man vs. markets : ec...
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Man vs. markets : economics explained (plain and simple) / Paddy Hirsch ; with illustrations by Dan Archer.
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Hirsch, Paddy.
New York : HarperBusiness, c2012.
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Finance, Personal.
Investments.
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9780062196651 (pbk.) :
0062196650 (pbk.)
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xiv, 206 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Edition:
1st ed.
Contents:
The financial corner store -- Your piece of the action: stocks, shares, and equity trading -- Racking it up: debt, and why it's not always a bad thing -- Under the skin: how a company hangs together -- Derivatives: devilish? destructive? deadly? -- Your jell-o for my cake: how swaps work -- The folding stuff: money, and how it makes its way around the world -- The house always wins: the banking system -- Loosening the beltway: the Fed, the Treasury, and how government gets involved -- Gimme, gimme, gimme: consumer debt, securitization, and shadow banking -- Architects of our own destruction: decline and recovery in the financial markets.
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This is economics explained, written for the layperson; learn about bonds, options, derivatives, and futures. Here is an insightful and witty journey of discovery through the financial markets, offering clear explanations and definitions of the system's various instruments. It's a handbook for everyday investors, for serious students of finance and economics, and for those trying to understand the day's business and economics news.
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Hawaii State Library
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