Carnival on Wall Street : global financial markets in the 1990s / Jane Elizabeth Hughes, Scott B. MacDonald.
By: Hughes, Jane E. (Jane Elizabeth)
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Contributor(s): MacDonald, Scott B.
Publisher: New York ; Chichester : Wiley, c2004Description: xiii, 258 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.ISBN: 0471451797 .Subject(s): Capital market -- History -- 20th century | International finance -- History -- 20th century | Stock exchanges -- History -- 20th century | Bull markets -- United States -- History -- 20th century | Stock Market Bubble, 1995-2000 | Financial crises -- East Asia -- History -- 20th century | Globalization -- Economic aspects -- History -- 20th century | Wall Street (New York, N.Y.) -- History -- 20th centuryDDC classification: 332.042 CAR
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Barcode | |
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| General lending | MTU Kerry North Campus Library Ground Floor Main | 332.042 CAR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 38888000531644 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Traces key themes throughout the 1990s on global financial markets. Presents a view of the liberalization of the global capital markets and the interrelated boom on Wall Street, which developed into a global carnival, pulling players around the world into the game.
∗ Spans a time period from George Soros′ attack on the pound sterling in 1991-92 to the events of September 11, tracing key themes throughout the decade.
∗ Focuses on foreign exchange markets, globalization versus anti-globalization, Asian earthquakes, and more.
Formerly CIP. Uk
Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-251) and index.