Fraud in the markets : why it happens and how to fight it /
Peter Goldmann
- xxxiii, 234 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : a brief history of fraud in financial markets The fraud culture The politics of banking fraud Modern day financial services fraud (1980-2010) Reform, re-regulation, and the persistence of fraud The real estate bubble and bust : the fraud factor The makings of a meltdown Beginning of the end : death by derivatives Can the circle be unbroken?
"Offering a complete perspective on the complicated and sobering impact of fraud in pushing the world's preeminent financial system to disaster on many occasions. Fraud in the Markets: Why It Happens and How to Fight It reveals the genesis of the culture of "anything goes" on Wall Street that fueled the innovation of super-risky asset-backed securities and the financial devastation suffered by institutions that invested in them; the egregiously fraudulent lending practices that engulfed the entire US mortgage industry; the reckless and legally questionable conduct of the captains of Lehman Brothers, Countrywide, Washington Mutual, and other major financial firms just before their collapse; the best and brightest ideas for preventing similiar disasters from recurring; and practical guidelines for protecting your investments and your company from various forms of fraud and deception."--Jacket
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