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The Global Casino: How Wall Street Gambles with People and the Planet | Verso Books

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The global market in money – housed in the offshore ‘shadow’ banking system – holds $217 trillion in financial assets and operates beyond the reach of any nation’s taxman. Asset managers, private equity firms, and pension and sovereign wealth funds scoop up the world’s savings for investment and manage them as they cho

The Global Casino:How Wall Street Gambles with People and the Planet Forthcoming 30% off 30% off How everything from the price of food to energy and housing costs is fixed by remote, unregulated financial markets, and what can be done about it The global market in money – housed in the offshore ‘shadow’ banking system – holds $217 trillion in financial assets and operates beyond the reach of any nation’s taxman. Asset managers, private equity firms, and pension and sovereign wealth funds scoop up the world’s savings for investment and manage them as they choose, unaccountable to…

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