{"product_id":"checking-the-banks-tom-sgouros-9780982470725","title":"Checking the Banks","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"This is a marvelous book! Well-written-even enjoyable to read-about local banking! Packed with important information, not only for the expert, but for anyone, activist or public official, Put it on top of your reading pile!\" \u003cbr\u003e \u003cem\u003e- Gar Alperovitz, author of What Then Must We Do? \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"A clear, accessible, practical, grounded, and authoritative intro- duction to how banks account for their use of your money.\" \u003cbr\u003e -\u003cem\u003e David Korten, author of Agenda for a New Economy: From Phantom Wealth to Real Wealth\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e What do they think they're doing? \u003cp\u003eThe global network of banks, brokers, funds, dealers, servicers, and all the rest is a marvel of the 21st century-for better and frequently worse. In the aftermath of the worst financial crisis in a generation, there has never been a more important time to understand how the system works... and why it doesn't. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChecking the Banks is an easy-to-read primer on how a bank-and the banking system-works. Complex ideas, like bank capital, leverage, risk-weighting, and repo transactions are explained in clear, understandable language. \u003c\/p\u003e This is a book for \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cp\u003ePeople who want to understand banks, \u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cp\u003eActivists determined to change them, \u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cp\u003eReformers seeking to build alternatives. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tom Sgouros\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 098247072X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780982470725\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Manual Writing, Na\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 220\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.63lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.50d","brand":"Tom Sgouros","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43926989471999,"sku":"9780982470725","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_e60e9aaf-ad20-4023-abab-2a9b5296f236.jpg?v=1681086165","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/checking-the-banks-tom-sgouros-9780982470725","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}