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Wall Streeters

The Creators and Corruptors of American Finance
  • Edward Morris
Language: English
Published/Copyright: 2015
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Many of Wall Street's contemporary trends can be traced back to the work of fourteen critical figures who wrote, and occasionally broke, the rules of American finance. Edward Morris details Wall Street's transformation from a clubby enclave of financiers to a symbol of vast economic power. Anyone interested in the modern institution of American finance will devour this history of some of its most important players.
Many of Wall Street's contemporary trends can be traced back to the work of fourteen critical figures who wrote, and occasionally broke, the rules of American finance. Edward Morris details Wall Street's transformation from a clubby enclave of financiers to a symbol of vast economic power.

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Ed Morris is a professor of finance and former dean of the business school at Lindenwood University. Before beginning his teaching career, he was an investment banker and served as executive vice president of Stifel, Nicolaus, & Co. He has served on the boards of companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange, and NASDAQ.

Reviews

Jim Prout:
A fast and timely primer on how the US got the financial markets it has today.... [Wall Streeters] is a book that every college student, baby boomer and voter ought to read.

Dale Singer:
[A] retelling of the careers and the personalities... who formed today's world of high finance.

Brenda Jubin:
[Morris] puts a human face on Wall Street.... Experienced Wall Streeters will enjoy this book. Students of finance should be required to read it.

A worthwhile read for those looking to understand the roots of the financial crisis and the present state of the economy.

Victor Ricciardi, Goucher College:
Wall Streeters is a wonderful narrative review and an interesting read. This book will be very significant for students, academics, and investment professionals if they want to understand and learn from the mistakes of the past.

David Cowen, president, Museum of American Finance:
Enjoyable to read, easy to understand, Wall Streeters is a compendium of the last 150 years of ups and downs in American finance. Ed Morris uses the informative lens of biography to bring this history alive, and they are all here, from the saints to the sinners. Along the way readers will learn the value of finance to our nation, despite Wall Street's problems.

George H. Walker III, former chairman, Stifel, Nicolaus & Co. and former United States Ambassador to Hungary:
Wall Streeters is a long overdue book by a highly respected student of American finance. Readers of this book will develop a fuller understanding of how and why Wall Street has become what it is today.


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October 13, 2015
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9780231540506
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14 illustrations
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