Greed

Author:   A. Brassey ,  S. Barber
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   1st ed. 2009
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9781349299621


Pages:   191
Publication Date:   15 October 2009
Format:   Paperback
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Greed


Overview

For all of the technical explanations for meltdown in the financial markets during the banking crisis, the most readily accepted and almost universal explanation is the single word 'greed'. This is a subject which can at once be seen as the disease at the heart of society and the motivating force behind the progress of mankind.

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Author:   A. Brassey ,  S. Barber
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   1st ed. 2009
Weight:   0.271kg
ISBN:  

9781349299621


ISBN 10:   1349299626
Pages:   191
Publication Date:   15 October 2009
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Foreword; N.Horlick Introduction; A.Brassey  & S.Barber Greed and the Market; J.Meadowcroft The Super-rich; S.Haseler  & H.Meyer Sociological Motivations and Market Players; J.Pixley Back to the Future: Teaching the Greed Business; K.Starkey  & C.Cooper The Disputable Truth of Economic Greed; S.Barber What Drives Man? A.Brassey Greed and Jewish Lore; J.Rosen Christian Perspectives on Greed; P.Riorden Working with Greed; M.Roncarati Radical Economics and an Antidote to Greed; D.Wall Greed in Literature; L.Freedman

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Author Information

ALEX BRASSEY is completing a PhD in Psychology at the University of London, UK. He is also Managing Director of Cramer Pelmont Solicitors, Senior Partner of The Schools Enterprise Partnership and Managing Director of Liverpool Residential. He formerly worked for 10 years in the City of London as Assistant Vice-President of Citibank, Director of Lehman Brothers and Head of Yen trading at Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation. He is a qualified fund manager, teacher and holds a BSc (Hons) in Finance and Economics from Manchester University, and an MA in Philosophy from Kings College London. STEPHEN BARBER is Senior Lecturer at London South Bank University and a Senior Research Fellow at the Global Policy Institute, London Metropolitan University. He has spent fifteen years working in the City of London's financial industry and is a frequent contributor to and commentator in the financial press, radio and TV. He has published three previous books on politics, policy and political economy.

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