David Charters's Top 10 Books About Bankers
Uitgereikt door The Guardian
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"What's different about the City is the numbers. They all have a lot more zeros on the end. This means that when things go well – and sometimes when they don't – the people who work there can
toon meer demand bonuses which also have a lot of zeros on the end. And the people who determine the bonuses (the bosses) are happy to go along with it because it means that they, in turn, will have to be paid more. Granted, the work is stressful, difficult and demanding, and the hours can be very long, and of course it's highly competitive. But so are a lot of other jobs. The difference is in those zeros. There's also almost no job security, however big the firm."So with huge rewards on the one hand and sudden death on the other, it's hardly surprising when the City brutally exposes the fault lines in human nature. Greed, fear, ruthlessness and impatience are a lethal cocktail. And of course people behaving badly make for great fiction and wonderful villains. They may not be attractive, but they are rarely dull. And, as we have all learnt to our cost, the City matters. When things go wrong in the Square Mile we all get to pick up the tab. So here are my top 10 picks to educate and entertain you about what really goes on there."
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Werk | Sorteerveld |
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Het vreugdevuur der ijdelheden (1987) door Tom Wolfe | 1 |
Blufpoker ! rijk worden in de jungle van Wall Street (1987) door Michael Lewis | 2 |
Uit kille berekening (1994) door Michael Ridpath | 3 |
Black Cabs (1999) door John McLaren | 4 |
Freud in the City (2006) door David Freud | 5 |
De crash van '29 (1954) door John Kenneth Galbraith | 6 |
Het succes van geld een financiële geschiedenis van de wereld (2008) door Niall Ferguson | 7 |
Simple But Not Easy: An Autobiographical and Biased Book about Investing (2007) door Richard Oldfield | 8 |
The Long and the Short of it: A Guide to Finance and Investment for Normally Intelligent People Who Aren't in the Industry (2009) door John Kay | 9 |
Free Lunch: Easily Digestible Economics (2003) door David Smith | 10 |
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