TY - BOOK AU - Kay,J.A. TI - Other people's money: the real business of finance SN - 1610396030 AV - HG4521 .K29 2015 PY - 2015///] CY - New York PB - PublicAffairs KW - Banks and banking KW - Corporations KW - Finance KW - Financial institutions KW - Investments KW - Speculation KW - fast N1 - "The finance sector of Western economies is too large and attracts too many of the smartest college graduates. Financialization over the past three decades has created a structure that lacks resilience and supports absurd volumes of trading. The finance sector devotes too little attention to the search for new investment opportunities and the stewardship of existing ones, and far too much to secondary market dealing in existing assets. Regulation has contributed more to the problems than the solutions"--Front dust jacket flap; Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-320) and index; Prologue : The parable of the ox -- Introduction : Far too much of a good thing -- Part I. Financialisation. History ; Risk; Intermediation; Profits -- Part II. The functions of finance. Capital allocation ; The deposit channel ; The investment channel -- Part III. Regulation ; Economic policy ; Reform ; The future of finance -- Epilogue : The emperor's guard's new clothes; Originally published; Great Britain : Profile Books Ltd., 2015; under title; Other people's money : masters of the universe or servants of the people?; 9781781254431 N2 - "The finance sector of Western economies is too large and attracts too many of the smartest college graduates. Financialization over the past three decades has created a structure that lacks resilience and supports absurd volumes of trading. The finance sector devotes too little attention to the search for new investment opportunities and the stewardship of existing ones, and far too much to secondary market dealing in existing assets. Regulation has contributed more to the problems than the solutions"--Dust jacket flap UR - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1L-fHkzdVG3QRUcr8NP_rI0ixYDdUSQqM/view?usp=share_link ER -