Other people s money and how the bankers use it is a collection of essays written by louis brandeis published as a book in 1914. Other people s money the real business of finance by john kay. Modern banks and most other financial institutions trade in securities, and the growth of such trade is the main explanation of the growth of the finance sector. A financial times book of the year, 2015an economist best boo. About the author john kay is a visiting professor at the london school of economics and a fellow of st john s college, oxford. But the difference is that john kay is an insider, and knows how the industry works and how it claims to work, which is somewhat different. Other peoples money 2015 offers a detailed breakdown of the financial sector. The finance sector establishes claims against assets the operating assets and future profits of a company, or the physical property and prospective earnings of an. During fifteen years as an executive at skyscraping banks like goldman sachs, bear stearns, and lehman brothers, prins never lost her ability to see the broader picture. With an overdrive account, you can save your favorite libraries for ataglance information about availability. Other peoples money is not merely another broadside content to denounce finances dysfunction, but rather a masterly attempt to locate its various origins and connect them with analytical and theoretical rigor. Common sense suggests that if a closed circle of people continuously exchange bits of paper with each other, the total value of these bits of paper will not change much, if at all. Other peoples money by emile gaboriau, paperback barnes. In other people s money john kay shows in his inimitable style what has gone wrong in the dark heart of finance.
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John kay is a visiting professor at the london school of economics. If we wish to change the attitudes and actions of bankers, we must change how we view the sector as a whole. Other peoples money posted on august 28, 2015 by diane coyle catching up with postholiday stuff has slowed me down, but i finished john kays new book. John kay echoes the sentiment, noting that as exchanging bits of paper cannot make profits for everyone, it is very likely that much of finance. John kay, with wide practical and academic experience in the world of finance, understands the operation of the financial sector better than most. Aug, 2015 industry insider john kay argues that the finance worlds perceived profitability is not the creation of new wealth, but the sectors appropriation of wealth of other peoples money. The real business of finance are great because they are so. Other peoples money kay, john compra livros ou ebook. Whether his specific proposals are the best approach, policy. The real business of finance ebook by john kay epub mobi. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read other people s money. Other people s money kay, john compra livros ou ebook na fnac.
The real business of finance, which provides an accessible expose of the complex and layered modern financial system and the failure of laws and regulations to protect the public. And the outside world has itself adopted those standards, bailing out financial institutions that have failed all of us through greed and mismanagement. John kay in a discussion with marion terrill, transport program. John lanchester was a novelist who set out to write a book about london life in the first decade of the 21st century and realised that finance was a big part of london life in the first decade of the 21st century. John kay thinks there is something badly wrong with the financial services industry. Sep 25, 2015 other peoples money is an engaging and informative narrative that circles but does not quite prove this central point. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read other peoples money. In other people s money, john kay shows, in his inimitable style, what has gone wrong in the dark heart of the finance sector. John kay ebooks epub and pdf format john kay ebooks. Other peoples money professor john kay professor wouter. Joosr ltd to successfully change banking practices, we must treat finance like any other industry. The real business of finance, other people s money, john kay, publicaffairs.
We need it to store our money, manage our payments, finance housing stock, restore infrastructure, fund retirement and support new business. The real business of finance by john kay online at alibris. He was the first dean of oxfords said business school and has held chairs at london business school, the university of oxford, and the london school of economics. Financialization over the past three decades has created a structure that lacks resilience and supports absurd volumes of trading.
How did the collapse of bear stearns and lehman brothers. His 2015 book other peoples money should be added to the long and sagging bookshelf on how the nature of the financial services industry here denoted fsi, and including both commercial. The real business of finance ebook by john kay epub mobi saphors tath august 5, 2017. An american novel is a political novel written by henry brooks adams and published anonymously in 1880. John kay, is a visiting professor of economics at the london school of economics and a fellow of st john s college, oxford university. John anderson kay, cbe, frse, fba, facss born 1948 is a british economist. Sep 01, 2015 john kay, economist and financial times columnist, asks in his book other peoples money why financial services are so profitable. John kay echoes the sentiment, noting that as exchanging bits of paper cannot make profits for. The book attacked the use of investment funds to promote the consolidation of various industries under the control of a small number of corporations, which brandeis alleged were working in concert to prevent competition. Mar 11, 2011 but cartwright, who impressively refuses to write the same novel twice, is a pretty cluedup guide, and other people s money a wellpaced and absorbing read. Inside the housing crisis and the demise of the greatest real estate deal ever made by charles v. With the example of bloomberg television, the book cites out that there is not only the market for securities that exist but also the markets for goods and services such as clothing, flowers. John kays book other peoples money was on the list.
John kay, born july 16, 1704, near bury, lancashire, englanddied c. John kay deciphered the complicated world of finance and presented in an intriguing and logical way. If some members of that closed circle make extraordinary profits, these profits can only be made at the expense of other members of the same circle. Read other people s money the real business of finance by john kay available from rakuten kobo. As these three attributes are not always complementary, he is the rarest of breeds. By john kay in politics, social revolution november 2, 2018 november 4, 2018 2,084 words 1 comment two attorneys and a tattoo artist walk into a blog hey, folks. Author john kay lectured in economics at oxford from 1971 to 1978, is visiting professor of economics at the london school of economics, and is a regular editorial contributor to the financial times. Like lending to firms and individuals engaged in the production of goods and services which most people would imagine was the principal business of a bank amounts to about 3 per cent of that total see. Other peoples money is an engaging and informative narrative that circles but does not quite prove this central point. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Author john kay sets forth the theme of his book, and its title, at the beginning. Oct 01, 2015 the finance sector of western economies is too large and attracts too many of the smartest college graduates. The real business of finance by kay, professor of industrial policy at the london business school and fellow john isbn.
Sep 27, 2016 john kay, is a visiting professor of economics at the london school of economics and a fellow of st john s college, oxford university. Other peoples money quotes showing of 34 the great muckraker upton sinclair had expressed a deep insight into the relationship between the world of ideas and the world of practical men. In other peoples money john kay shows in his inimitable style what has gone wrong in the dark heart of finance. Other peoples money deals with the state of the financial services industry. Other peoples money by john kay free ebooks download. John kay is a british economist who once taught economics at oxford and is now a professor at the london business school and an editorial contributor to the financial times. Industry insider john kay argues that the finance world s perceived profitability is not the creation of new wealth, but the sector s appropriation of wealth of other people s money book. The directors of banks and corporations, being the managers rather of other peoples money than of their own, it cannot well be expected, that they should watch over it withanxious vigilance. Lee other people s money the real business of finance por john kay disponible en rakuten kobo.
Patrick honohan on an economist who argues that the world financial crisis has been contained but not settled. We need finance, but today we have far too much of a good thing. Mar 19, 2011 other people s money is in a class of its own. Only after the writer s death in 1918 did his publisher reveal adams s authorship although, upon publication, the novel had immediately become popular. Other peoples money, john kay 9781781254455 boeken. Kay provides by way of context a panoptic overview of the history, evolution and structure of the financial system in the.
In other peoples money john kay shows in his inimitable style what has. According to john kay, a visiting professor at the london school of economics and a regular contributor to the financial times, the finance sector is too large and too powerful. Other peoples money the real business of finance epub. As economist john kay points out 80% of what banks did and do has nothing to do with a benefit to the economy but is only gambling with each other in high risk investments on credit. A financial times book of the year, 2015 an economist best book of the year, 2015 a bloomberg best book of the year, 201. Find out why the international financial sector has become a ruthless mechanism made up of rotten parts, and discover how these parts can be eliminated and. Sep 22, 2015 author john kay sets forth the theme of his book, and its title, at the beginning. John kay, author of other peoples money about the book financial crime seems horribly complicated but there are only so many ways you can con someone out of whats theirs. A guide to finance and investment for normally intelligent people who arent in the industry. He has been a fellow of st johns college, oxford, since 1970. Department of economics and centre for macroeconomics public lecture.
Obliquity isbn 9781846682889 pdf epub john kay ebook. The rest lies in intermediation, which is another way of saying that the industry mostly trades with itself, talks to itself and. The theme of broken governance and accountability is echoed in economist john kay s other people s money. It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it. Other peoples money ebook by john kay rakuten kobo. We need it to store our money, manage our payments, finance housing stock, restore. She walked away from the game in 2002 out of disgust with the burgeoning corporate corruption. He is a director of several public companies and contributes a weekly column to the financial times. The finance sector needs to be reminded of its primary purpose. A financial times book of the year, 2015 an economist best book of the year, 2015 a bloomberg best book of the year, 2015 other people s money is not merely another broadside content to denounce finance s dysfunction, but rather a masterly attempt to locate its various origins and connect them with analytical and theoretical rigor. The book falls into the same sort of territory kate atkinson is now mining to great effect. Chair, professor of economics lse, codirector of the centre for macroeconomics. Industry insider john kay argues that the finance worlds perceived profitability is not the creation of new wealth, but the sectors appropriation of wealth of other peoples money.
May 29, 2012 the truth about markets by john kay has brought me some thorough thoughts and profound ideas about the fundamental elements of economics. John kay, with wide practical and academic experience in the world of finance, understands the operation of the financial sector. John kay, a distinguished economist with wide experience of the financial sector, argues that the industry s perceived profitability is partly illusory, and partly an appropriation of wealth created elsewhere of other people s money. First, a disclaimeri think john kay is a quite brilliant economist, thinker and writer. Apr 21, 2016 in other people s money john kay shows in his inimitable style what has gone wrong in the dark heart of finance. It is an aberration when the some of the finest mathematical and scientific minds are tasked with devising algorithms for the sole purpose of exploiting the weakness of other algorithms for computerized. Kay is the author of nine previously published books and coauthor of the british tax system with mervyn king. A financial times book of the year, 2015 an economist best book of the year, 2015 a bloomberg best book of the year, 2015 other people s money is not merely another broadside content to denounce finances dysfunction, but rather a masterly attempt to locate its various origins and connect them with analytical and theoretical rigor.
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