A timely update of the authoritative, engaging history of Wall Street and its role in the economic history of the United States and the world.

In this wide-ranging volume, a financial historian updates the first history of Wall Street, recounting the speculative fever of the 1990s and the scandals at Enron, Tyco, WorldCom, and Conseco. 27 halftones.

An economic historian presents the first, wide-ranging chronicle of the rise of Wall Street, tracing how the Street fueled the development of the U.S. into a world economic power and how it was increasingly subjected to government ...

They laid the foundations of American finance and defined the American brand of capitalism.

Wheels of Fortune seeks to clarify these misconceptions by chronicling the events and individuals that brought scandal and skepticism into the markets, and exploring the laws and governing bodies that were established to rein them in but ...

Consolidation, restructuring, and mega- deals. These are the business events that have left an indelible impression on the worlds of finance and industry, while shaping the modern world we live in today.

Undue Influence also brings readers up to speed on other important issues, including how the financial elite has been able to perpetuate itself, how the markets lend themselves to these special interest groups, and how it is possible that ...

This book connects the dots from consumer spending to credit cards to home-equity loans and back to credit cards.

This work is an account of Wall Street itself as well as an economic history of the United States.

Presents an alphabetically-arranged reference to the history of business and industry in the United States. Includes selected primary source documents.