TY  - BOOK
AU  - Henwood,Doug
TI  - Wall Street: how it works and for whom 
SN  - 086091495X (hardcover)
AV  - HG4572 .H45 1997
U1  - 332.64/273 21
PY  - 1997///
CY  - London, New York
PB  - Verso
KW  - New York Stock Exchange
KW  - ram
KW  - Stock Exchange
KW  - swd
KW  - Securities industry
KW  - United States
KW  - Stockbrokers
KW  - Wall Street
KW  - gtt
KW  - Effectenbeurzen
KW  - Valeurs mobilières
KW  - Industrie et commerce
KW  - États-Unis
KW  - Agents de change
KW  - Börsenhandel
KW  - Wall Street (New York, N.Y.)
KW  - USA
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 333-355) and index; 1. Instruments -- 2. Players -- 3. Ensemble -- 4. Market models -- 5. Renegades -- 6. Governance -- 7. What is (not) to be done?
N2  - With compelling clarity, Henwood dissects the world's greatest financial center, laying open the Intricacies of how, and for whom, the market works. The Wall Street which emerges is not a pretty sight. Hidden from public view, the markets are poorly regulated, badly managed, chronically myopic and often corrupt. And though, as Henwood reveals, their activity contributes almost nothing to the real economy where goods are made and jobs created, they nevertheless wield enormous power. With over a trillion dollars a day crossing the wires between the world's banks, Wall Street and its sister financial centers don't just influence government, effectively they are the government
UR  - http://www.archive.org/details/wallstreethowitw00henw
UR  - http://www.openlibrary.org/books/OL667743M
ER  -