The people vs the banks / Michael Roddan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Roddan, Michael, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Banks and banking.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (224 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Carlton, Victoria : Melbourne University Publishing, 2019.

Summary:

The banking royal commission has put the financial sector on trial and exposed its self-interest, corruption and excess. The People vs The Banks reveals what happens when businesses put profit before punters, reward bad behaviour and assume they are beyond the law. The day of reckoning for liars and thieves in pin-striped suits has arrived.

Contents:

Intro

Title

Copyright

Contents

Abbreviations

1. Barbarians at the gate

2. Capital in the twentieth century

3. The impeccable system

4. Justice must be seen to be done

5. Irrational exuberance

6. Liars and thieves

7. Boom and bust

8. A sorry business

9. Workers' capital

10. The big rort

11. Doctor's orders

12. How much is enough?

13. Last gunslingers in town

14. The watchdogs that didn't bark

15. Veni, vidi, vici

16. Ill fares the land

Acknowledgements.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780522875195

052287519X