finance

Explains basic financial terms and symbols, how particular securities are used, where to buy them, and pitfalls to avoid. Also explains daily financial listings and basic statistics such as the Dow-Jones Industrial Average.

Presents a comprehensive history of money and finance since the early usage of coins; explores the introduction of financial institutions such as banks, bonds, joint stock, companies, insurance, and property ownership; and examines how financial failures have led to wars and poverty. poverty.

Neil Barofsky, who had access to the inner circles in the Bush and Obama administrations, offers his own observations and knowledge about the $700 billion TARP bailout fund, arguing that corruption in Washington made it easy for the money to be misused.

Examines the economic, political, and social factors that led to the largest credit bubble in world history, setting the stage for the economic boom of the 1980s and 1990s, as well as the economic downfall of the early twenty-first century.

This collection of think pieces looks at various post-Sept. 11 economic issues. New York Times columnist Krugman examines corporate scandals, the California energy crisis, and dissention within the Bush administration, and offers ideas for economic recovery.