As the Chairman of the Federal Reserve from 1979 to 1982, Paul Volcker established himself as one of the most influential economic thinkers. Currently a major advocate for corporate governance and accounting reforms, Volcker’s reputation as a great business leader with uncompromising ethics continues to this day. Written by award-winning New York Times journalist Joseph Treaste...(展开全部)

As the Chairman of the Federal Reserve from 1979 to 1982, Paul Volcker established himself as one of the most influential economic thinkers. Currently a major advocate for corporate governance and accounting reforms, Volcker’s reputation as a great business leader with uncompromising ethics continues to this day. Written by award-winning New York Times journalist Joseph Treaste...(展开全部)

It was a time when anything seemed possible–instant wealth, glittering fame, fabulous luxury–and for a run of magical weeks in the spring and summer of 1920, Charles Ponzi made it all come true. Promising to double investors’ money in three months, the dapper, charming Ponzi raised the “rob Peter to pay Paul” scam to an art form. At the peak of his success, Ponzi was raking in ...(展开全部)

威廉·西尔伯（William Silber） 纽约大学斯特恩商学院金融与经济学系教授，格拉克斯曼证券市场研究学会会长。他曾是格林斯潘的老师，伯南克的同事。早年曾在纽约商品交易所当过交易员，先后出任雷曼兄弟贸易战略常务理事、总统经济顾问委员会资深经济学家、纽联储经济咨询委员会委员。他因金融学和银行学的专业度备受尊崇，曾任美联储、参议院商务委员会、众议院银行、金融服务委员会、总统金融结构和监管委员会等顾问。 西尔伯在经济学和金融史方面著述甚丰，著有《货币银行与金融市场》《当华盛顿关闭华尔街》等。

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Roy is still young when his father, a failed dentist and hapless fisherman, puts a .44 magnum to his head and commits suicide on the deck of his beloved boat. Throughout his life, Roy returns to that moment, gripped by its memory and the shadow it casts over his small-town boyhood, describing with poignant, mercurial wit his parents' woeful marriage and inevitable divorce, thei...(展开全部)