Derivatives and the Wealth of Societies

Book Overview

Derivatives were responsible for one of the worst financial meltdowns in history, one from which we have not yet fully recovered. However, they are likewise capable of generating some of the most incredible wealth we have ever seen. This book asks how we might ensure the latter while avoiding the former. Looking past the usual arguments for the regulation or abolition of derivative finance, it asks a more probing question: what kinds of social institutions...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022639283X
• ISBN13: 9780226392837
• Release Date: November 2016
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"