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The Color of Money

Black Banks and the Racial Wealth Gap

by Mehrsa Baradaran ...

“Read this book. It explains so much about the moment…Beautiful, heartbreaking work.”—Ta-Nehisi Coates“A deep accounting of how America got to a point where a median white family has 13 times more wealth than the median black family.”—The Atlantic“Extraordinary…Baradaran focuses on a part of the American story that’s often ignored: the way African Americans were locked out of the financial engines ... Read more

$15.19 USD

“Read this book. It explains so much about the moment…Beautiful, heartbreaking work.”—Ta-Nehisi Coates“A deep accounting of how America got to a point where a median white family has 13 times more wealth than the median black family.”—The Atlantic“Extraordinary…Baradaran focuses on a part of the American story that’s often ignored: the way African Americans were locked out of the financial engines
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The Chickenshit Club

Why the Justice Department Fails to Prosecute Executives

by Jesse Eisinger ...

**Winner of the 2018 Excellence in Financial Journalism AwardFrom Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Jesse Eisinger, “a fast moving, fly-on-the-wall, disheartening look at the deterioration of the Justice Department and the Securities and Exchange Commission…It is a book of superheroes” (San Francisco Review of Books).**Why were no bankers put in prison after the financial crisis of 2008? Why do ... Read more

$14.99 USD

**Winner of the 2018 Excellence in Financial Journalism AwardFrom Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Jesse Eisinger, “a fast moving, fly-on-the-wall, disheartening look at the deterioration of the Justice Department and the Securities and Exchange Commission…It is a book of superheroes” (San Francisco Review of Books).**Why were no bankers put in prison after the financial crisis of 2008? Why do
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Fideicomiso de garantía, planeación, implementación y ejecución: Aspectos prácticos

by Salomón Vargas García, Edgar González Peredo, Fernando Martínez García de León ...

Series series Biblioteca Jurídica Porrúa
El fideicomiso de garantía es un negocio jurídico en virtud del cual se pacta por parte del propietario o titular de determinados bienes, que no necesariamente se generan al fiduciario, un derecho real para que en caso de incumplimiento los beneficiarios de ese acuerdo de voluntades puedan exigir la venta de los mencionados bienes, ya sea mediante un proceso extrajudicial pactado entre las partes ... Read more

$10.99 USD

El fideicomiso de garantía es un negocio jurídico en virtud del cual se pacta por parte del propietario o titular de determinados bienes, que no necesariamente se generan al fiduciario, un derecho real para que en caso de incumplimiento los beneficiarios de ese acuerdo de voluntades puedan exigir la venta de los mencionados bienes, ya sea mediante un proceso extrajudicial pactado entre las partes
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Capital without Borders

Wealth Managers and the One Percent

by Brooke Harrington ...

“A timely account of how the 1% holds on to their wealth…Ought to keep wealth managers awake at night.”—Wall Street Journal“Harrington advises governments seeking to address inequality to focus not only on the rich but also on the professionals who help them game the system.”—Richard Cooper, Foreign Affairs“An insight unlike any other into how wealth management works.”—Felix Martin, New Statesman ... Read more

$15.89 USD

“A timely account of how the 1% holds on to their wealth…Ought to keep wealth managers awake at night.”—Wall Street Journal“Harrington advises governments seeking to address inequality to focus not only on the rich but also on the professionals who help them game the system.”—Richard Cooper, Foreign Affairs“An insight unlike any other into how wealth management works.”—Felix Martin, New Statesman
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Blockchain: A Guide To Blockchain, The Technology Behind Bitcoin, Ethereum And Other Cryptocurrency

Blockchain, #1

by Tim Mathis ...

Series Book 1 - Blockchain
A blockchain is a digitized, decentralized, public ledger of all cryptocurrency transactions. Constantly growing as 'completed' blocks, the most recent transactions are recorded and added to it in chronological order, it allows market participants to keep track of digital currency transactions without central recordkeeping. Each node (a computer connected to the network) gets a copy of the ... Read more

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A blockchain is a digitized, decentralized, public ledger of all cryptocurrency transactions. Constantly growing as 'completed' blocks, the most recent transactions are recorded and added to it in chronological order, it allows market participants to keep track of digital currency transactions without central recordkeeping. Each node (a computer connected to the network) gets a copy of the
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Curso de Derecho Bancario: Análisis y perspectiva histórica de la regulación emitida en México

by Mauricio Alva Guevara ...

Series series Biblioteca Jurídica Porrúa
Todos los días a través de las operaciones bancarias transita el mayor porcentaje de dinero en México. Sin embargo, el acercamiento a la regulación bancaria puede llegar a ser muy complejo si no se cuenta con todos los elementos posibles que la expliquen. Su amplitud en conceptos relacionados con cuestiones económicas y financieras, además de su complicada redacción, genera una gran incertidumbre ... Read more

$13.99 USD

Todos los días a través de las operaciones bancarias transita el mayor porcentaje de dinero en México. Sin embargo, el acercamiento a la regulación bancaria puede llegar a ser muy complejo si no se cuenta con todos los elementos posibles que la expliquen. Su amplitud en conceptos relacionados con cuestiones económicas y financieras, además de su complicada redacción, genera una gran incertidumbre
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Shadow Banking

Scope, Origins and Theories

Edited by Anastasia Nesvetailova ...

Series series Routledge Critical Studies in Finance and Stability
Shadow banking – a system of credit creation outside traditional banks – lies at the very heart of the global economy. It accounts for over half of global banking assets, and represents a third of the global financial system. Although the term ‘shadow banking’ only entered public discourse in 2007, the importance and scope of this system is now widely recognised by the international policy-makers. ... Read more

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Shadow banking – a system of credit creation outside traditional banks – lies at the very heart of the global economy. It accounts for over half of global banking assets, and represents a third of the global financial system. Although the term ‘shadow banking’ only entered public discourse in 2007, the importance and scope of this system is now widely recognised by the international policy-makers.
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Chain of Title

How Three Ordinary Americans Uncovered Wall Street’s Great Foreclosure Fraud

by David Dayen ...

NOW IN PAPERBACK The "gripping" (New York Times) and "Hitchcockian"(Publishers Weekly) story of how a nurse, a car dealership worker, and a forensic expert took on the nation’s largest banksA Kirkus Reviews and The Week best book of the year, David Dayen’s Chain of Title is a riveting work that recalls A Civil Action, Erin Brockovich, and Flash Boys, recounting how three ordinary Floridians—a c... ... Read more

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NOW IN PAPERBACK The "gripping" (New York Times) and "Hitchcockian"(Publishers Weekly) story of how a nurse, a car dealership worker, and a forensic expert took on the nation’s largest banksA Kirkus Reviews and The Week best book of the year, David Dayen’s Chain of Title is a riveting work that recalls A Civil Action, Erin Brockovich, and Flash Boys, recounting how three ordinary Floridians—a c...
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The Power of Awareness

by Neville ...

Becoming aware of . . . one great emotion permeates your being. You live with a perpetual feeling of reverence. The knowledge that your creator is the very self of yourself and never would have made you had he not loved you must fill your heart with devotion, yes, with adoration. One knowing glimpse of the world about you at any single instant of time is sufficient to fill you with profound awe ... Read more

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Becoming aware of . . . one great emotion permeates your being. You live with a perpetual feeling of reverence. The knowledge that your creator is the very self of yourself and never would have made you had he not loved you must fill your heart with devotion, yes, with adoration. One knowing glimpse of the world about you at any single instant of time is sufficient to fill you with profound awe
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Who Needs the Fed?

What Taylor Swift, Uber, and Robots Tell Us About Money, Credit, and Why We Should Abolish America's Central Bank

by John Tamny ...

The Federal Reserve is one of the most disliked entities in the United States at present, right alongside the IRS. Americans despise the Fed, but they’re also generally a bit confused as to why they distrust our central bank.Their animus is reasonable, though, because the Fed’s most famous function-targeting the Fed funds rate-is totally backwards. John Tamny explains this backwardness in terms of ... Read more

$18.79 USD

The Federal Reserve is one of the most disliked entities in the United States at present, right alongside the IRS. Americans despise the Fed, but they’re also generally a bit confused as to why they distrust our central bank.Their animus is reasonable, though, because the Fed’s most famous function-targeting the Fed funds rate-is totally backwards. John Tamny explains this backwardness in terms of
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Investment Banking For Dummies

by Matthew Krantz, Robert R. Johnson ...

Wrap your head around the complicated world of investment banking with this understandable and comprehensive resourceThe celebrated authors of Investment Banking For Dummies, 2nd Edition have updated and modernized their best-selling book to bring readers an invaluable and accessible volume about the investment banking industry.Written in the straightforward and approachable tone the For Dummies ... Read more

$18.00 USD

Wrap your head around the complicated world of investment banking with this understandable and comprehensive resourceThe celebrated authors of Investment Banking For Dummies, 2nd Edition have updated and modernized their best-selling book to bring readers an invaluable and accessible volume about the investment banking industry.Written in the straightforward and approachable tone the For Dummies
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Public Finance: Legal Aspects

Collective monograph

by Emiliia Dmytrenko, Yurii Pyvovar, Danil Getmantsev, Olena Hedziuk, Nataliia Iakymchuk, Liubov Kasianenko, Tamara Latkovska, Nataliia Kovalko, Yevhen Marynchak, Svitlana Nischymna, Sergii Ochkurenko ...

Monograph “Public finance: legal aspects” is a paper written by the team of leading Ukrainian scholars in the sphere of finance law and initiated by Financial Law Center and Department of Financial Law of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv.All monograph’s authors are representatives of Ukrainian financial law school which was founded by Lidiia Voronova. In memory of our Teacher, ... Read more

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Monograph “Public finance: legal aspects” is a paper written by the team of leading Ukrainian scholars in the sphere of finance law and initiated by Financial Law Center and Department of Financial Law of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv.All monograph’s authors are representatives of Ukrainian financial law school which was founded by Lidiia Voronova. In memory of our Teacher,
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The Modern Anglo-Dutch Empire

Its Origins, Evolution and Anti-Human Outlook

by Robert Ingraham ...

The story begins in Venice, travels through Amsterdam, and ends in London. This is the birth and evolution of the modern imperial system. Here we look at its history, outlook, and philosophical roots. The connection between the system of empiricism and monetarism is discussed, and the role of its Venetian birthplace is examined. The creation of the Dutch Empire, and the financial speculation in ... Read more

$9.99 USD

The story begins in Venice, travels through Amsterdam, and ends in London. This is the birth and evolution of the modern imperial system. Here we look at its history, outlook, and philosophical roots. The connection between the system of empiricism and monetarism is discussed, and the role of its Venetian birthplace is examined. The creation of the Dutch Empire, and the financial speculation in
... Read more
Soft Law and the Global Financial System

Rule Making in the 21st Century

by Chris Brummer ...

This book explains how international financial law 'works' and presents an alternative theory for understanding its purpose, operation, and limitations. Drawing on a close institutional analysis of the post-crisis financial architecture, it argues that international financial law is often bolstered by a range of reputational, market, and institutional mechanisms that make it more coercive than ... Read more

$40.19 USD

This book explains how international financial law 'works' and presents an alternative theory for understanding its purpose, operation, and limitations. Drawing on a close institutional analysis of the post-crisis financial architecture, it argues that international financial law is often bolstered by a range of reputational, market, and institutional mechanisms that make it more coercive than
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Capital Markets, Derivatives and the Law

by Alan Rechtschaffen ...

President Obama recently called for a new financial regulation system in the United States. In order to understand the intricacies of new regulation, individuals must have a strong foundation in how capital markets function as well as how financial instruments and derivatives work. Capital Markets, Derivatives, and the Law provides readers with the foundation necessary to make informed, well ... Read more

$194.39 USD

President Obama recently called for a new financial regulation system in the United States. In order to understand the intricacies of new regulation, individuals must have a strong foundation in how capital markets function as well as how financial instruments and derivatives work. Capital Markets, Derivatives, and the Law provides readers with the foundation necessary to make informed, well
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The 7 Deadly Sins of Market Abuse

by PlanetCompliance ...

The book provides an introduction to the Market Abuse Regime, outlining the offenses under current regulation together with relevant case law. It also gives an outlook as to the forthcoming changes that will be introduced by the Market Abuse Regulation of the European Union. For more information on the book and other regulatory topics visit PlanetCompliance.com ... Read more

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The book provides an introduction to the Market Abuse Regime, outlining the offenses under current regulation together with relevant case law. It also gives an outlook as to the forthcoming changes that will be introduced by the Market Abuse Regulation of the European Union. For more information on the book and other regulatory topics visit PlanetCompliance.com
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Sovereign Debt Sustainability

Multilateral Debt Treatment and the Credit Rating Impasse

by Daniel Cash ...

Series series Routledge International Studies in Money and Banking
In 2020, the G20 proposed a solution for the debt-related issues affecting the world’s poorest countries due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, their initiatives have failed to meet their objectives. The author argues that the reason for this failure is the inability to bring sovereign countries to the table to re-negotiate their debt agreements with private creditors as they fear credit rating ... Read more

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In 2020, the G20 proposed a solution for the debt-related issues affecting the world’s poorest countries due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, their initiatives have failed to meet their objectives. The author argues that the reason for this failure is the inability to bring sovereign countries to the table to re-negotiate their debt agreements with private creditors as they fear credit rating
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Legal DNA of Markets: A Capital Markets Law Primer

by Quinten J. Tenley ...

Meet your essential companion in understanding the complex world of capital markets law. "Legal DNA of Markets: A Capital Markets Law Primer" delivers a masterful analysis of the regulatory frameworks that govern modern financial markets.This authoritative examination breaks down intricate legal concepts into clear, actionable insights. From securities registration to market manipulation ... Read more

$6.99 USD

Meet your essential companion in understanding the complex world of capital markets law. "Legal DNA of Markets: A Capital Markets Law Primer" delivers a masterful analysis of the regulatory frameworks that govern modern financial markets.This authoritative examination breaks down intricate legal concepts into clear, actionable insights. From securities registration to market manipulation
... Read more
The Foreclosure Echo

How the Hardest Hit Have Been Left Out of the Economic Recovery

by Linda E. Fisher, Judith Fox ...

The Foreclosure Echo tells the story of the ordinary people whose quest for the American dream was crushed in the foreclosure crisis when they were threatened with losing their homes. The authors, Linda E. Fisher and Judith Fox - each with decades of experience defending low-to-moderate-income people from foreclosure and predatory lending practices - have employed a range of legal, economic, and ... Read more

$36.89 USD

The Foreclosure Echo tells the story of the ordinary people whose quest for the American dream was crushed in the foreclosure crisis when they were threatened with losing their homes. The authors, Linda E. Fisher and Judith Fox - each with decades of experience defending low-to-moderate-income people from foreclosure and predatory lending practices - have employed a range of legal, economic, and
... Read more
Money Laundering – An Endless Cycle?

A Comparative Analysis of the Anti-Money Laundering Policies in the United States of America, the United Kingdom, Australia and Canada

by Nicholas Ryder ...

Series series The Law of Financial Crime
This book provides a detailed examination of anti-money laundering policies and legislative frameworks in a number of jurisdictions and considers how successful these jurisdictions have been in implementing international measures to combat money laundering.Looking at the instruments and proposals put in place by a number of institutions including the United Nations (UN), the Financial Action Task ... Read more

$77.99 USD

This book provides a detailed examination of anti-money laundering policies and legislative frameworks in a number of jurisdictions and considers how successful these jurisdictions have been in implementing international measures to combat money laundering.Looking at the instruments and proposals put in place by a number of institutions including the United Nations (UN), the Financial Action Task
... Read more
The Economics of Crime

An Introduction to Rational Crime Analysis

by Harold Winter ...

The Economics of Crime presents a review of economic scholarly research in the ever-growing field of crime and punishment. Without using graphs or mathematical equations, Winter combines theory and empirical evidence relating to public policy concerns over a wide range of controversial topics such as the death penalty, racial bias in the criminal justice system, gun control, the war on drugs, ... Read more

$55.99 USD

The Economics of Crime presents a review of economic scholarly research in the ever-growing field of crime and punishment. Without using graphs or mathematical equations, Winter combines theory and empirical evidence relating to public policy concerns over a wide range of controversial topics such as the death penalty, racial bias in the criminal justice system, gun control, the war on drugs,
... Read more
Anatomy of a Banking Scandal

The Keystone Bank Failure-Harbinger of the 2008 Financial Crisis

by Robert Pasley ...

In the early 1990s, the First National Bank of Keystone in West Virginia began buying and securitizing subprime mortgages from all over the country, and quickly grew from a tiny bank with just $100 million in assets to over $1.1 billion. For three years, it was listed as the most profitable large community bank in the country. It was all a fraud. All of the securitization deals the bank entered ... Read more

$66.99 USD

In the early 1990s, the First National Bank of Keystone in West Virginia began buying and securitizing subprime mortgages from all over the country, and quickly grew from a tiny bank with just $100 million in assets to over $1.1 billion. For three years, it was listed as the most profitable large community bank in the country. It was all a fraud. All of the securitization deals the bank entered
... Read more
Principles of Banking Regulation

by Kern Alexander ...

An accessible, comprehensive analysis of the main principles and rules of banking regulation in the post-crisis regulatory reform era, this textbook looks at banking regulation from an inter-disciplinary perspective across law, economics, finance, management and policy studies. It provides detailed coverage of the most recent international, European and UK bank regulatory and policy developments, ... Read more

$49.19 USD

An accessible, comprehensive analysis of the main principles and rules of banking regulation in the post-crisis regulatory reform era, this textbook looks at banking regulation from an inter-disciplinary perspective across law, economics, finance, management and policy studies. It provides detailed coverage of the most recent international, European and UK bank regulatory and policy developments,
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Public Banks

Decarbonisation, Definancialisation and Democratisation

by Thomas Marois ...

Public banks are banks located within the public sphere of a state. They are pervasive, with more than 900 institutions worldwide, and powerful, with tens of trillions in assets. Public banks are neither essentially good nor bad. Rather, they are dynamic institutions, made and remade by contentious social forces. As the first single-authored book on public banks, this timely intervention examines ... Read more

$31.19 USD

Public banks are banks located within the public sphere of a state. They are pervasive, with more than 900 institutions worldwide, and powerful, with tens of trillions in assets. Public banks are neither essentially good nor bad. Rather, they are dynamic institutions, made and remade by contentious social forces. As the first single-authored book on public banks, this timely intervention examines
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