The looting of America : how Wall Street's game of fantasy finance destroyed our jobs, pensions, and prosperity, and what we can do about it / Les Leopold.
Imprint
White River Junction, Vt. : Chelsea Green Pub., c2009.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-211) and index.
Contents
The hooking of Whitefish Bay -- The iron law of fantasy finance -- Is there a dime's bit of difference between Wall Street's "innovation" and gambling? -- Learning and unlearning the lessons of the Great Depression -- The oracle blesses derivatives, the newest game in the casino -- Getting the story backwards -- Financial weapons of mass destruction -- Fantasy finance meets reality : the Great Crash of 2008 -- The end of fantasy finance? -- Proposals Wall Street won't like -- Proposals Wall Street really won't like.
