Banking on Words: The Failure of Language in the Age of Derivative Finance
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1st. ed.
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9788125060758
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188p.,
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Renowned scholar Arjun Appadurai argues that the economic collapse of 2008, while indeed spurred on by greed, ignorance, weak regulation, and irresponsible risk-taking, was ultimately a failure of language. To prove this point, he takes us into the world of derivative finance, which is now the core of contemporary trading and the primary target of blame for the collapse.
With his characteristic clarity, Appadurai explains one of the most complicated aspects of ...
