Chasing Mammon
Travels in the Pursuit of Money
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Author
Publication
1992-07-06 - HarperCollins Publishers, London, England
Language
English
Word Count
56,000 words, Guess
Page Count
224 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL7256057M
- ISBN-139780002550383
- ISBN-100002550385
- OCLC Control Number26544864
- Internet Archivechasingmammontra0000kenn
and 3 more
- Library of Congress Control Numbergb92030789
- LibraryThing2022942
- Goodreads25139045
Classifications
- DDC332.49
Description
This book takes the reader on a journey through the gladitorial realms of high finance - from the Sydney futures market and the Singapore money markets to the Casablanca bourse and the first Hungarian stock exchange to operate since 1948. Wall Street and the City of London complete the picture. It looks at what makes financial institutions work, what money actually means in a given society and how to use it to justify existence. The book includes accounts of meetings and encounters with various characters and accounts of unusual events in the financial world.
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- Chasing Mammon: Travels in the Pursuit of Money
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