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Checking the Banks
Tom Sgouros
Checking the Banks
Tom Sgouros
?This is a marvelous book! Well-written?even enjoyable to read?about local banking! Packed with important information, not only for the expert, but for anyone, activist or public official, Put it on top of your reading pile!?
? Gar Alperovitz, author of What Then Must We Do?
?A clear, accessible, practical, grounded, and authoritative intro- duction to how banks account for their use of your money.?
? David Korten, author of Agenda for a New Economy: From Phantom Wealth to Real Wealth
What do they think they?re doing?
The global network of banks, brokers, funds, dealers, servicers, and all the rest is a marvel of the 21st century?for better and frequently worse. In the aftermath of the worst financial crisis in a generation, there has never been a more important time to understand how the system works... and why it doesn?t.
Checking the Banks is an easy-to-read primer on how a bank?and the banking system?works. Complex ideas, like bank capital, leverage, risk-weighting, and repo transactions are explained in clear, understandable language.
This is a book for
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People who want to understand banks,
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Activists determined to change them,
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Reformers seeking to build alternatives.
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | November 1, 2013 |
ISBN13 | 9780982470725 |
Publishers | Light Publications |
Pages | 220 |
Dimensions | 140 × 220 × 10 mm · 285 g |
Language | English |
Contributor | Mark Binder |