War On Wealth, The eBook

This book addresses the divide that exists between the reality of finance and the image it projects. A functioning financial system is an essential feature of a modern economy, providing it with money, credit, capital, and investments. Conversely, those who provide this essential service are neither respected nor trusted. The causes and consequences of this divide is explored using the British experience from 1800 to the present, drawing upon a mixture of factual evidence and contemporary fiction. Nothing of this scale has been attempted before and this is the product of 50 years of research.

Contents:

• Preface
• Introduction: Making Judgements
• Investment: From Private to Public to Private
• Investors: From the Few to the Many to the Few
• Investment and Investors: Popularity and Perception
• Banks and Bankers: Power and Trust
• The Company Promoter: Finding the Missing Link
• The Jewish Presence: The Perpetual Scapegoat
• The City of London: Jewel in the Crown or Cuckoo in the Nest
• Conclusion: The Judgement of Conan Doyle
• Bibliography
• Index

Readership: Professionals, General Audience interested in financial history of the world and Britain in specific.

Professor Ranald Michie is a leading financial historian who has published extensively over the past 40 years. He specialises in British financial history, but his interests are global. They cover the history of financial centres, markets and banks over the past two centuries. As a leisure pursuit, he reads novels that relate to finance.