Real World Banking and Finance

Edition:

5th

Date of publication:

March 2008

ISBN:

978-1-878585-64-6

Pages:

264

Price:

$24.95

• About
• Table of Contents

• Contents
• Chapter 1—Money, the Federal Reserve, and the Economy
  • What Is Money? Doug Orr
  • Focus on the Fed: the Bond Market versus the Rest of Us Doug Orr and Ellen Frank
  • Transforming the Fed Robert Pollin
  • Outing Allen Greenspan John Miller
  • Discount Rates Ellen Frank
  • Big Lies About Central Banking Joseph Stiglitz
  • Bernanke's Dilemma William Greider
  • The Fight for Transparency at the Federal Reserve Stephen Zarlenga
  • Money Supply Ellen Frank
  • Is the Fed a Conspiracy? Arthur MacEwan
• Chapter 2—The Banking and Finance Industry
  • Hard Times for Bankers: Innovation, Poor Judgment and Deregulation Bring Down Banks John Miller
  • Return from the Dead: Banking Industry Flies High Jim Campen
  • It's a Bank-Eat-Bank World Jim Campen
  • Credit Card Pushers Pump Up Profits—And Risk Abby Scher
  • U.S. Banks and the Dirty Money Empires James Petras
  • The U.S. Banking Industry in Transition William K. Black
  • The New Old Wall Street Settlement Nomi Prins
  • Chase: A Bank for the New Century Joseph Pluta
• Chapter 3—The Stock Market
  • Too Much of the Bubbly on Wall Street? Dean Baker
  • The Great Stock Illusion Ellen Frank
  • Dr. Dollar: Stock Volatility Ellen Frank
  • Teaching About Stocks For Fun and Propaganda Mark Maier
  • Labor's Capital Adria Scharf
  • Dow's All-Time High Inconsequential for Most Americans Sylvia Allegretto
  • Bad News on Main St. Is Good News on Wall Street John Miller
  • Recession Time! The Housing Bubble Bursts the Economy Dean Baker
  • Socially Responsible Investing Comes of Age Steve Fahrer
• Chapter 4—Retirement Finance
  • Social Security Q&A Doug Orr
  • African Americans and Social Security William E. Spriggs
  • Social Security Q&A/The Hidden Costs of Private Accounts Ellen Frank
  • Taking One From the Bush Team Dean Baker
  • Hijacking the Future James Ridgeway
  • When Bad Things Happen to Good Pensions Teresa Ghilarducci
  • Social Security Isn't Broken Doug Orr
  • The Social Security Administration's Cracked Crystal Ball John Miller
  • The Myth of the Social Security Trust Fund Ellen Frank
  • Social Security's Bet on Stocks Richard Du Boff
• Chapter 5—Fair Lending/Predatory Lending
  • Lending Insights: Hard Proof That Banks Discriminate Jim Campen
  • The Community Reinvesting Act: A Law That Works Jim Campen
  • A Matter of Life and Debt Jabulani Leffall
  • Flame Broiled Shark David Swanson
  • America's Fringe Economy Howard Karger
  • Build Homes, Not Jails Charis E. Kubrin and Gregory D. Squires
  • The Homeownership Myth Howard Karger
• Chapter 6—The International Financial System
  • Learning from the Southeast Asian Crisis John Miller
  • Unfettered Capital Wreaks Havoc Ellen Frank
  • Bye Bye IMF? A New Blueprint for the Global Economy Ellen Frank
  • The IMF versus the World Bank Arthur MacEwan
  • Export Credit Agencies: International Corporate Welfare Danielle Knight
  • CAFTA's Debt Trap Aldo Caliari
  • Decline of the Dollar System James K. Galbraith
  • Dollar Anxiety John Miller
  • George Bush's Favorite Vultures Greg Palast
  • Wolfowitz and the World Bank Larry Peterson
  • Microcredit and Women's Poverty Susan F. Feiner and Drucilla K. Barker
• Contributors