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Author
Series
Martin Hench volume 1
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
A self-employed forensic accountant, 67-year-old Martin Hench, a world-level expert on international money-laundering and shell-company chicanery, is roped into a job that’s more dangerous than anything he’s ever agreed to before – one that will take all his skill to get out alive.
6) The Financial times global guide to investing: the secrets of the world's leading investment gurus
Publisher
Pitman Pub
Pub. Date
1995.
Physical Desc
xx, 748 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Author
Language
English
Description
"Drew Havens made a killing for the Rising Fund, which, thanks to his prognostications, was the only hedge operation to anticipate and capitalize on the mortgage crisis of 2008. For Havens, it's always been about the numbers. He sees things others can't, from the collapse of the American real estate market to the multibillion-dollar rise of his ruthless and charismatic boss. Havens is now rich beyond his dreams, but his work at the Rising Fund has...
Author
Language
English
Description
In his explosive debut thriller, Christopher Reich tells the harrowing story of a young man willing to risk everything—his career, his integrity, and even his life—to hunt down his father's killer. Set in the secret, labyrinthine world of Swiss banking, Numbered Account, with its detail and intelligence, could have been written only by an insider—the author himself worked at a major Swiss bank for three years.
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Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
viii, 276 pages : illustrations, charts ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"A shattering account of the destabilizing power of price, and a powerful critique of the free market philosophy that leaves the most vulnerable at the mercy of the commodities markets"--
Author
Publisher
Crown Business
Pub. Date
[2008]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
263 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Examines the green-back's history, allure, and unique role as a catalyst for globalization, and how the American buck became so almighty that $ became perhaps the most powerful symbol on earth. But will the buck be eclipsed by the euro or even China's renminbi? Should Americans worry when the value of the mighty U.S. dollar sinks to par with the Canadian "loonie"?--From publisher's description.
Author
Language
English
Description
Hailed as “the John Grisham of Wall Street” by the New York Times, Christopher Reich returns to the world he knows so well—the dangerous, dazzling world of high finance and international intrigue. In this ingeniously crafted thriller, the bestselling author of Numbered Account and The First Billion introduces his most complex and engaging hero yet: forensic accountant Adam Chapel—and paints a frightening scenario...
Author
Publisher
The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
485 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"New technologies are shaking the foundations of traditional finance. Leading economist Eswar S. Prasad foresees the end of cash, as central banks develop their own digital currencies to compete with Bitcoin and Facebook's Diem. Money and finance are on the verge of dramatic transformations that will reshape their roles in the lives of ordinary people"--
Author
Publisher
PublicAffairs
Pub. Date
[2012]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
294 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
A columnist for the "Economist" discusses the history of monetary booms and busts and describes the consequences of the enormous amounts of unrepayable debt racked up by the United States for the country and its citizens.
19) The fund
Author
Publisher
Forge
Pub. Date
2011.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
464 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Investigating a suspicious international money trail only to discover a horrifying financial terrorist plot, U.S. Defense Intelligence operative Kate Molares travels to strategic places throughout the world in a race to prevent an unprecedented economic catastrophe.
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