TY - BOOK AU - Geisst,Charles R. TI - 100 years of wall street SN - 0071356193 AV - HG4572 .G38 2000 U1 - 332.64'273 PY - 2000/// CY - New York PB - McGraw-Hill KW - New York (State)--New York--Wall Street KW - New York Stock Exchange KW - Securities industry KW - United States N1 - Includes index N2 - Geisst takes the reader behind the scenes to explain how powerful personalities and unexpected developments created the financial, cultural and social events that helped shape our world. We are the heirs of Wall Street's phenomenal achievement, but it has also fueled runaway greed. It has contributed to growth while scrapping large sectors of the economy. Is the market "fair" or "just"? What do such questions really mean? Geisst dramatically brings to life a world that can only be fully understood by following its secret deals, monumental transactions, colorful characters, earth-rattling market collapses and exhilarating highs UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/mh041/99074662.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/mh024/99074662.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/mh023/99074662.html ER -