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Man vs. Markets
Paddy Hirsch
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Description for Man vs. Markets
Paperback. Shows how international financial transactions are the same as those taking place in stores, car dealerships, and even playgrounds on Main Street. Using the knowledge of everyday experiences, this title offers explanations, anecdotes, and analogies of the instruments that power our financial system and that nearly caused its demise. Num Pages: 224 pages, 94 Line Illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: KC; KFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 227 x 15. Weight in Grams: 300.
After years of media coverage, do we really understand the financial engineering that brought the global economy to the brink? The lexicon of the markets is laden with terms and acronyms like leverage, securitization, MBS, CDS, and CDO. How can the average person crack the code? Veteran journalist, senior producer at NPR's Marketplace, and Whiteboard Guru. Paddy Hirsch proves it's not impossible to understand what goes on in the glass and steel canyons of Wall Street. In "Man vs. Markets", he shows how most international financial transactions are the same as those taking place in stores, car dealerships, and even ... Read more
After years of media coverage, do we really understand the financial engineering that brought the global economy to the brink? The lexicon of the markets is laden with terms and acronyms like leverage, securitization, MBS, CDS, and CDO. How can the average person crack the code? Veteran journalist, senior producer at NPR's Marketplace, and Whiteboard Guru. Paddy Hirsch proves it's not impossible to understand what goes on in the glass and steel canyons of Wall Street. In "Man vs. Markets", he shows how most international financial transactions are the same as those taking place in stores, car dealerships, and even ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780062196651
SKU
V9780062196651
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Ref
99-15
About Paddy Hirsch
Paddy Hirsch is a senior producer at American Public Media's business radio program, Marketplace. He is the creator of the acclaimed and popular Marketplace Whiteboard, which was a Webby honoree in 2009, and has been featured on network and public broadcast television. He recently completed a Knight Fellowship in Journalism at Stanford University. Hirsch lives in Los Angeles, California.
Reviews for Man vs. Markets
"A straightforward, accessible, and often hilarious overview of our financial and economic systems, products, and concepts...[T]his helpful, amusing, and engaging beginner's guide to our financial system is sure to delight and inform readers of all ages who want to understand and navigate the markets."
Publishers Weekly "This accessible, often entertaining book will serve a valuable purpose."
Kirkus "This ... Read more
Publishers Weekly "This accessible, often entertaining book will serve a valuable purpose."
Kirkus "This ... Read more