ISBN:
0226679330
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9780226679334
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (viii, 318 pages)
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DDC:
306.3
Keywords:
Capitalism
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Finance
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Stock exchanges
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Finance
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Aktienmarkt
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Kapitalismus
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Kreditwesen
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Soziale Verantwortung
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Gesellschaft
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Kapitalismus
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Wirtschaft
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Finance Social aspects
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Stock exchanges Social aspects
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Capitalism Social aspects
;
Soziale Verantwortung
;
Kreditwesen
;
Aktienmarkt
;
Kapitalismus
;
Aktienmarkt
;
Soziale Verantwortung
;
Kreditwesen
;
Soziale Verantwortung
;
Kapitalismus
;
Soziale Verantwortung
Note:
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-306) and index
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Introduction: capitalism and the boundaries of finance -- The boundaries of finance in the sociological tradition -- Prestige, at last: the social closure of the stock exchange -- Financial knowledge and the science of the market -- Close up: price data, machines, and organizational boundaries -- From afar: charts and their analysts -- The kaleidoscope of finance: speculation, economic life, and society -- On the dark side of the market -- Panic! -- Conclusion: back to the future
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As the banking crisis and its effects on the world economy have made plain, the stock market is of colossal importance to our livelihoods. In Framing Finance, Alex Preda looks at the history of the market to figure out how we arrived at a point where investing is not only commonplace, but critical, as market fluctuations threaten our plans to send our children to college or retire comfortably. As Preda discovers through extensive research, the public was once much more skeptical. For investing to become accepted, a deep-seated prejudice against speculation had to be overcome, and Preda reveals
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