Undue Influence
Subtitle: How the Wall Street Elite Puts the Financial System at Risk
Publisher: Wiley; John Wiley & Sons
Published: November 22, 2004
Language: eng
Number of pages: 314
ISBN-13: 9780471656630
First sentence: During the first months of the New Deal in 1933, the American banking and securities industries underwent the most radical reorganization in their histories.
Description: "The financial system of the United States is far from perfect, and over the years, politicians and financial professionals have engaged in fierce debates as to how the system should be run and regulated - if at all." "Undue Influence paints a vivid portrait of this longstanding battle by taking an in-depth look at the individuals and events that have shaped our financial system - for better or for worse - over the last eighty-five years. Beginning with the rise of the Wall Street elite in the early twentieth century, business historian and bestselling author Charles Geisst takes you on a fascinating journey that mixes money, power, and politics like never before."--Jacket.