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Wall Street - A History, Updated Edition (Paperback, Updated Ed)
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Wall Street - A History, Updated Edition (Paperback, Updated Ed)
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Loot Price R529
Discovery Miles 5 290
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Wall Street is an unending source of legend--and nightmares. It is
a universal symbol of both the highest aspirations of economic
prosperity and the basest impulses of greed and deception. Charles
R. Geisst's Wall Street is at once a chronicle of the street
itself--from the days when the wall was merely a defensive
barricade built by Peter Stuyvesant--and an engaging economic
history of the United States, a tale of profits and losses,
enterprising spirits, and key figures that transformed America into
the most powerful economy in the world. The book traces many
themes, like the move of industry and business westward in the
early 19th century, the rise of the great Robber Barons, and the
growth of industry from the securities market's innovative
financing of railroads, major steel companies, and Bell's and
Edison's technical innovations. And because "The Street" has always
been a breeding ground for outlandish characters with brazen nerve,
no history of the stock market would be complete without a look at
the conniving of ruthless wheeler-dealers and lesser known but
influential rogues.
This updated edition covers the historic, almost apocalyptic events
of the 2008 financial crisis and the overarching policy changes of
the Obama administration. As Wall Street and America have changed
irrevocably after the crisis, Charles R. Geisst offers the
definitive chronicle of the relationship between the two, and the
challenges and successes it has fostered that have shaped our
history.
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