The Committee to Destroy the World

Оглавление

Lewitt Michael E.. The Committee to Destroy the World

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

INTRODUCTION. The Committee to Destroy the World

CHAPTER 1. The 2008 Crisis – Tragedy or Farce?

CHAPTER 2. The Death of Capital

CHAPTER 3. Capital Ideas

CHAPTER 4. Empty Promises

CHAPTER 5. Financialization

CHAPTER 6. From Innovators to Undertakers

CHAPTER 7. Welcome to Jurassic Park

CHAPTER 8. The Road to Hell

CHAPTER 9. Finance after Armageddon

CHAPTER 10. Unfinished Business

CHAPTER 11. How to Save Yourself

Conclusion: “This Is Later”

BIBLIOGRAPHY AND OTHER SOURCES

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

INDEX

WILEY END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT

Отрывок из книги

As someone who has spent the last 25 years in the world of credit, I am unduly aware of the importance of acknowledging the debts we owe to other people. Despite the arguments found in the following pages, not all debts are onerous. In particular, the debts we owe other people are gifts, and it is my privilege to be able to acknowledge them publicly.

Many people like to say that life is short, but that is not true. Life is long. It is long in possibilities, long in the people we affect, and long in what lives on after we are gone. Life is also long in the people who affect us. This is my opportunity to thank the people who have enriched my life in ways that I am pleased to acknowledge here.

.....

My friends and colleagues Philippe Blumenthal and Greger Hamilton have helped me learn about the world outside the United States and are a constant source of wisdom and support.

I am very fortunate to enjoy the personal friendship of Dr. Paul Belsky, Gerald Brodsky, Fred and Sara Chikovsky, Mark Dern, Thomas Donatelli, Michael Felsher, Warren Greenspoon, Richard Hehman, Michael Kirsh, Donald Kittredge, Thomas Loucas, Jedd and Anna Novatt, Eric Oberg, Michael O’Rourke, Jeffrey Queen, Thomas Romero, Keith Rosenbloom, Dr. Amer Rustom, Azzam (“Skip”) Rustom, Jeffrey Schreiber, Randall Shaw, Dennis J. Stanek, Jr., Charles Swanson, John Schiller, Laurence Silverman, Laura Stein, Burt Sugarman and Mary Hart, William Vanech, William Villafranco, Greg Walker, and Barry Wish. I am sure I left some people out inadvertently – please forgive me.

.....