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  • Stewardship

    Lessons Learned from the Lost Culture of Wall Street

    by John G. Taft, Charles D. Ellis ...
    A compelling argument for why stewardship of wealth and service to others should be our highest financial priorityStewardship is the journey of financial insider John Taft towards understanding and affirming the importance of stewardship—which he has come to define as "serving others"—as a core principle for the financial services industry, the global financial system, and society at large.By ... Read more

    $17.00 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • A Force for Good

    How Enlightened Finance Can Restore Faith in Capitalism

    by John G. Taft ...
    After the crisis of 2008, the social contract between the financial industry and everyone else was badly broken-perhaps, it seemed, irrevocably. Since then, banks have paid out billion-dollar settlements and Congress has passed some new laws, but a deeper rapprochement is still missing. John Taft has gathered some of the greatest financial minds of our time to explore how Wall Street can harness ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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    Stewardship

    Lessons Learned from the Lost Culture of Wall Street

    by John C. Bogle, Charles D. Ellis, John G. Taft ...
    Narrated by Richard Fish ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 3 min

    This book is about the author's journey towards understanding and affirming the importance of Stewardship as a core principle for him, personally; for the financial services industry; for the global financial system; and for society at large. The book defines stewardship and describes the attributes of authentic stewardship. It suggests a path forward by analyzing the success of Canadian banks in ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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  • When Markets Collide: Investment Strategies for the Age of Global Economic Change

    by Mohamed El-Erian ...
    SELECTED AS A 2008 BEST BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE ECONOMIST"ONE OF THE SMARTEST INVESTORS ON THE PLANET."--MONEY MAGAZINE“This book is an essential read for those whowish to understand the modern world of investing.”—Alan GreenspanWinner of the 2008 Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year AwardWhen Markets Collide is a timely alert... ... Read more

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  • The Battle for the Soul of Capitalism

    How the Financial System Undermined Social Ideals, Damaged Trust in the Markets, Robbed Investors of Trillions—and What to Do About It

    by John C. Bogle, Peter G. Peterson ...
    The legendary founder of Vanguard "presents an insider's view of what's wrong with corporate America and what can be done to improve it" (Burton G. Malkiel, author of A Random Walk Down Wall Street).New York Times-bestselling author of Enough and The Little Book of Common Sense Investing John Bogle has seen firsthand the innermost workings—and grotesque abuses—of the financial industry, and is ... Read more

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  • Ethics in Finance

    by John R. Boatright ...
    Series series Foundations of Business Ethics
    The third edition of Ethics in Finance presents an authoritative and wide-ranging examination of the major ethical issues in finance.This new edition has been expanded and thoroughly updated with extensive coverage of the recent financial crisis and the very latest developments within the financial world.Substantially updated new edition with nearly 40% new material, including sections on credit ... Read more

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  • Reforming U.S. Financial Markets

    Reflections Before and Beyond Dodd-Frank

    by Randall S. Kroszner, Robert J. Shiller ...
    Series series Alvin Hansen Symposium on Public Policy at Harvard University
    Two top economists outline distinctive approaches to post-crisis financial reform.Over the last few years, the financial sector has experienced its worst crisis since the 1930s. The collapse of major firms, the decline in asset values, the interruption of credit flows, the loss of confidence in firms and credit market instruments, the intervention by governments and central banks: all were ... Read more

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    by Samuel Wahlen ...
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  • Sovereign Wealth Funds and Long-Term Investing

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    Sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) are state-owned investment funds with combined asset holdings that are fast approaching four trillion dollars. Recently emerging as a major force in global financial markets, SWFs have other distinctive features besides their state-owned status: they are mainly located in developing countries and are intimately tied to energy and commodities exports, and they carry ... Read more

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  • The Problem of Twelve

    When a Few Financial Institutions Control Everything

    by John Coates ...
    The forces behind an economic and political crisis in the makingA “problem of twelve” arises when a small number of institutions acquire the means to exert outsized influence over the politics and economy of a nation.The Big Four index funds of Vanguard, State Street, Fidelity, and BlackRock control more than twenty percent of the votes of S&P 500 companies—a concentration of power that’s ... Read more

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