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The Committee to Destroy the World

by Michael E. Lewitt

March 2016

Intermediate to advanced

448 pages

12h 36m

English

Wiley

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A Regulatory TheocracyA Crisis WastedThe Death of Fiscal PolicyMonetary Policy FolliesOut-of-Control Global DebtUntamed DerivativesMarket CorruptionThe Geopolitics of AppeasementWe Are On an Unsustainable Economic PathAmerica Must Make a ChoiceA Few Words about This BookNotes
The Death of CapitalSeeds of InstabilityA Word on SpeculationFinancializationThe Corruption of Moral SentimentsLow Rates and Lax RulesThe Global Liquidity BubbleA Crisis of ConfidenceWhy Finance MattersGlobal Threats Require Systemic StabilityNotes
The Four Essential Characteristics of CapitalHow Capital DiesThe Failure of Risk ManagementNotes
Adam Smith and the Tyranny of CrowdsKarl Marx and the Origins of OpacityJohn Maynard KeynesHyman MinskyLessons on Capital from the MastersNotes
Promises Aren’t What They Used to BeThe Digitalization of PromisesCollateralized Mortgage ObligationsHSBC Drinks the Mortgage Kool-AidA Fetish Is Not a PromiseNotes
Money Begetting MoneyPower Begetting PowerTheories of FinancializationThe Monetization of ValuesNotes
The History of Private Equity FundsFrom Boom to BustPrivate Equity Fees: The New Agency ProblemThe Myth of Private Equity ReturnsMen Behaving BadlyPrivate Equity and Cheap Debt: Birds of a Feather Flop TogetherPrivate Equity Goes Public: A Study in the OxymoronicTaxing Labor as CapitalCalling Dr. Kevorkian?Private Equity: The Damage DoneReform of Private Equity FirmsNotes
Isla NublarThe New DNA of FinanceWarning SignsDinosaurs Turn on Their MakersBear Stearns: First CasualtyAmerican International Group (AIG)— Second CasualtyThe Bond Insurers—Third CasualtyTaming the Beasts (Regulating Credit Derivatives)Notes
Satan in the GardenReverse Black SwansBirth of the Prudent ManThe Fallacy of DiversificationNotes

Obama Goes to Wall StreetPrinciples of ReformImpose a Tax on SpeculationEnd Balkanized RegulationToo Big to FailImproving Capital AdequacyReforming Monetary PolicyEnhancing Systemic TransparencyNotes
Monetary PolicyFiscal Policy and the Federal DeficitTax ReformDomestic PolicyNotes
GoldAbsolute Return StrategiesEquitiesIncome-Generating SecuritiesConclusionNotes
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