Real World Banking and Finance: A Dollars & Sense Reader, 5th Edition - Softcover

The Dollars & Sense Collective

9781878585646: Real World Banking and Finance: A Dollars & Sense Reader, 5th Edition

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1878585649 ISBN 13: 9781878585646

Publisher: Dollars & Sense, 2008

Where is the financial services industry headed? What does the subprime lending crisis that exploded in 2007 have in common with the savings and loan scandals of the 1980s? Can the stock market fund the baby boomers' retirement? Does it matter if the dollars falls in value? How do the actions of the major global financial institutions compare to their stated missions of fostering economic development and fighting poverty?

Real World Banking and Finance, 5th edition provides lively answers to these questions, assembling 55 sharply written, well-researched articles on banking and finance from the pages of Dollars & Sense, the leading magazine of popular economics.

In these pages you will follow the continued consolidation of the banking industry in the post-Glass Steagall era, examine the subprime and predatory lending sector, and take an in-depth look at retirement finance. You will also find thoughtful proposals for restructuring the financial system to make it more effective and more democratic. And you will grasp the basics--money, the Fed, interest rates, the stock market--more clearly thanks to Dollars & Sense's accurate, jargon-free explanations.

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About the Author:

Dollars & Sense also publishes Real World Macro, Real World Micro, Real World Globalization, Current Economic Issues, Unlevel Playing Fields: Understanding Wage Inequality and Discrimination, Introduction to Political Economy, The Wealth Inequality Reader, The Environment in Crisis, Striking a Balance: Work, Family, Life, and Grassroots Journalism.

Review:

I thoroughly enjoy using Real World Banking in class. The readings allow students to critically appraise the conventional wisdom and traditionally sacrosanct institutions such as the Fed and the 'free market.' --Kurt Keiser, Western State College

I have been using Dollars & Sense publications for nearly 20 years. I find them absolutely necessary for students to understand progressive, critical, real-world perspectives that are sorely absent in mainstream texts and readers. These magnificently clear and relevant articles open many students' eyes and cause others to reexamine their adopted views. --Geroge A. Jouganatos, California State University, Sacramento

As textbooks become more conservative and less topical, I find that Dollars & Sense readers and books are more useful than ever in my undergraduate classes. They are jargon-free, up-to-date, and inexpensive--as well as consistently and thoughtfully progressive. I recommend them highly. --Robin Hahnel, American University

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