Unmasking Financial Psychopaths [electronic resource] : Inside the Minds of Investors in the Twenty-First Century /
Gregory, D.author.
As financial markets expand globally in response to economic and technological developments of the twenty-first century, our understanding and expectations of the people involved in these markets also change. Unmasking Financial Psychopaths suggests that an increasing number of financiers labeled "financial psychopaths" are not truly psychopathic, but instead are by-products of a rapidly changing personal and professional environment. Advances have been made in identifying psychopaths outside of situations accompanied by physical violence, yet it is still difficult to differentiate psychopaths in cultural settings that have adopted psychopathic behavioral tendencies as the norm. Within the investment sector, a fundamental transformation has occurred: the type of person employed by financial firms and the environment within which finance is conducted have both changed. Society's expectation of financiers adapted to these subtle, behind-the-scenes shifts, resulting the public at large perceiving more individuals in the financial sector as acting in a psychopathic manner. Being able to distinguish the truly psychopathic financier from individuals who conform to behavioral expectations is the first step towards a cultural shift away from accepted psychopathic behaviors in the financial sector.
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Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; 2 Entry into the Universe of Finance; Classroom Finance: Corporate, Investments, and Intermediation; Learning Finance: Discovering Wall Street Firsthand; Finding the Right Match; 3 The Impact of Culture; American Dreams at 30,000 Feet; Culture within the World of Investment Finance; White-Collar Crime; Effects of Cultural Variables; 4 (R)evolutionary Happenings; The Evolution of Money; The Evolution of Markets; Evolution of Financial Theories; 5 Opportunities and the Changing Players; Screening for the Perfect Employee
Autism Spectrum Disorders and Asperger's SyndromeThe Men and Women behind the Machines: ASD and Asperger's on Wall Street; Evolutionary Finance Revisited; 6 Identifying Psychopaths; Diagnosing Psychopathic Personalities; Corporate Psychopaths; Financial Psychopaths; 7 Rogues and Psychopaths; I. Nick Leeson; II. Jérôme Kerviel; 8 Biotrophic Parasites and Psychopaths; I. Raj Rajaratnam; II. Lee B. Farkas; 9 Financial Psychopaths Unmasked; Summary; Notes; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Chapter 7; Chapter 8; Chapter 9; References; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
As financial markets expand globally in response to economic and technological developments of the twenty-first century, our understanding and expectations of the people involved in these markets also change. Unmasking Financial Psychopaths suggests that an increasing number of financiers labeled "financial psychopaths" are not truly psychopathic, but instead are by-products of a rapidly changing personal and professional environment. Advances have been made in identifying psychopaths outside of situations accompanied by physical violence, yet it is still difficult to differentiate psychopaths in cultural settings that have adopted psychopathic behavioral tendencies as the norm. Within the investment sector, a fundamental transformation has occurred: the type of person employed by financial firms and the environment within which finance is conducted have both changed. Society's expectation of financiers adapted to these subtle, behind-the-scenes shifts, resulting the public at large perceiving more individuals in the financial sector as acting in a psychopathic manner. Being able to distinguish the truly psychopathic financier from individuals who conform to behavioral expectations is the first step towards a cultural shift away from accepted psychopathic behaviors in the financial sector.
Behavioral economics.
Personality.
Social psychology.
Forensic psychology.
Investment banking.
Securities.
Behavioral/Experimental Economics.
Personality and Social Psychology.
Forensic Psychology.
Investments and Securities.