Main description: In the wake of the global financial crisis that began in 2007, faith in the rationality of markets has lost ground to a new faith in their irrationality. The problem, Roman Frydman and Michael Goldberg argue, is that both the rational and behavioral theories of the market rest...

"An in-depth look at the failure of Wall Street's "proven" financial models Origami is the Japanese art of folding paper into intricate and aesthetically attractive shapes. As such, it is the perfect metaphor for the Wall Street financial engineering model, which ultimately proved to be the...

The author examines the causes of the U.S. stock market crash of 2008 and its relation to overpriced real estate, bad mortgages, shareholder demand for excessive profits, and the growth of toxic derivatives.

Wie in "Die Gier war grenzenlos" von Anne T. (BA 6/09) wird eine Innensicht der internationalen Finanzmarktkrise, hier aus US-amerikanischer Sicht, geboten. Der Bestsellerautor (am bekanntesten der Insider-Bericht "Wall Street Poker", BA 9/90) schildert die Praktiken der Finanzunternehmen am...