Other People's Money: The Real Business of Finance

by John Kay

Book Overview

A Financial Times Book of the Year, 2015 An Economist Best Book of the Year, 2015 A Bloomberg Best Book of the Year, 2015 The finance sector of Western economies is too large and attracts too many of the smartest college graduates. Financialization over the past three decades has created a structure that lacks resilience and supports absurd volumes of trading. The finance sector devotes too little attention to the search for new investment opportunities...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1610396030
• ISBN13: 9781610396035
• Release Date: September 2015
• Publisher: PublicAffairs
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.9" x 9.3"