"The financial crisis and the recession that followed caught many people off guard, including experts in the financial sector whose jobs involve predicting market fluctuations. Financial analysis offices in most international banks are supposed to forecast the rise or fall of st…
Why do financial analysts exist in the market? 'Stories of Capitalism' seeks to find an anthropological explanation to a question economists have failed to answer. Building on recent developments in anthropology and the social studies of finance, it provides the first full-scale…
"The financial crisis and the recession that followed caught many people off guard, including experts in the financial sector whose jobs involve predicting market fluctuations. Financial analysis offices in most international banks are supposed to forecast the rise or fall of st…
An investigative history of the Bank for International Settlements, the central bankers' own bank.
An investigative history of the Bank for International Settlements, the central bankers' own bank.
This compelling contribution to contemporary debates about the banking industry offers a unique perspective on its geographical and conceptual 'placement'. It traces the evolving links between the two, revealing how our notions of banking 'productiveness' have evolved alongside …
The bretton woods & affiliates institutions -- The international financial institutions : architecture, flaws and legitimacy -- The international monetary fund -- The World Bank -- The international finance corporation -- The international development association -- The internat…
This new textbook provides an up-to-date overview of international banking as the second decade of the twenty-first century unfolds. Integrating geo-economic, operational, institutional and regulatory changes in the financial sector, the volume's methodology incorporates specifi…
This new textbook provides an up-to-date overview of international banking as the second decade of the twenty-first century unfolds. Integrating geo-economic, operational, institutional and regulatory changes in the financial sector, the volume's methodology incorporates specifi…
"Since the 1990s, several emerging market economies (EMEs) have, to varying degrees, embraced the process of 'financial globalisation', broadly defined as a set of policies that involve allowing for greater openness to cross-border capital flows as well as greater market access …
BlackRock, Vanguard und State Street - allein die drei größten Finanzkonzerne verwalten Vermögen im Wert von 15 Billionen US-Dollar. Mit Anteilen an fast allen großen Unternehmen und dem Kapital für politisches Lobbying über Partei- und Ländergrenzen hinweg haben sie eine bisher…
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