Jonathan A. Knee had a ringside seat during the go-go, boom-and-bust decade and into the 21st century, at the two most prestigious investment banks on Wall Street--Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley. In this candid and irreverent insider's account of an industry in free fall, Knee captures...

How do business enterprises control their subunits? In what ways do existing paths of communication within a firm affect its ability to absorb new technology and techniques? How do American banks affect how companies operate? Do theoretical constructs correspond to actual behavior? Because...

Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- I An American Dual Economy -- 1 A Dual Economy -- 2 The FTE Sector -- 3 The Low-Wage Sector -- 4 Transition -- II Politics in a Dual Economy -- 5 Race and Gender -- 6 The Investment Theory of Politics -- 7 Preferences of the Very Rich -- 8 Concepts of...

Drugs and drug prices -- The American way to discover drugs -- The drug industry today -- Are drug companies risky? -- How not to lower drug prices -- Squandering R&D resources -- How to lower drug prices -- Our solution in detail

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Economics before Keynes, I: Hume -- 2 Keynes at Versailles -- 3 Keynes and the Macmillan Committee -- 4 Economics before Keynes, II: Marshall -- 5 The General Theory -- 6 IS-LM Curves -- 7 The Liquidity Trap -- 8 Bretton Woods and the Swan Diagram -- 9 The...

Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- I: An American Dual Economy -- 1 A Dual Economy -- 2 The FTE Sector -- 3 The Low-Wage Sector -- 4 Transition -- II: Politics in a Dual Economy -- 5 Race and Gender -- 6 The Investment Theory of Politics -- 7 Preferences of the Very Rich -- 8 Concepts of...