microlending. In Beggar Thy Neighbor, financial historian Charles R. Geisst tracks the changing perceptions of usury and debt from...... more

greed and deception. Charles R. Geisst’s Wall Street is a chronicle of the street itself-from the days when the wall was...... more

. Yet, as Geisst shows, no-holds barred loan sharking is not a thing of the past. Many current lending practices employed...... more

bodies the same problems of financial malfeasance and fraud still plague the markets. Charles R. Geisst (Oradell, NJ) is the...... more

gambling activity and scandal. Charles Geisst brings the personalities and strategies behind the futures market and speculation...... more

to this creditor position after the breakdown of the Bretton Woods system in 1972. Geisst demonstrates that the United...... more

well-being over the past 70 years. Geisst begins by describing the manner in which the financial system and its regulators...... more

人性罪惡如何成為決定國家興衰的命脈? 2000多年前，「收取利息」是趁人之危、以鄰為壑，是不道德的；今時今日，在金融界眼中，衍生性金融商品卻是高報酬的快速獲利工具，而高風險及發生金融危機，只是不可... more

人性罪惡如何成為決定國家興衰的命脈? 2000多年前，「收取利息」是趁人之危、以鄰為壑，是不道德的；今時今日，在金融界眼中，衍生性金融商品卻是高報酬的快速獲利工具，而高風險及發生金融危機，只是不可... more

性金融商品弊案中損失的金額，就等於美國在一八九0年的國民生產毛額。衍生性金融商品市場歷史的教訓很清楚，主管官署必須像市場一樣精明、一樣快速，才能防止另一次牛仔資本主義造成進一步傷害的意圖。 作者簡介 Charles R. Geisst 有...... more

there some other standard, such as a morally defined price, to be applied? Charles R. Geisst traces the ways that...... more

. Yet, as Geisst shows, no-holds barred loan sharking is not a thing of the past. Many current lending practices employed...... more

Provides detailed coverage of America s business history, from the Hudson fur trade to the Internet.... more

, renowned business historian and bestselling author Charles Geisst traces the deals that have had the most dramatic impact on...... more

In this incisive and comprehensive history, business historian Charles Geisst traces the rise of monopolies from the...... more