Money and Banking
by Robert E. Wright, Vincenzo Quadrini
Publisher: Saylor Foundation 2009
ISBN/ASIN: 0982043082
ISBN-13: 9780982043080
Number of pages: 531
Description:
Minimal mathematics, accessible language, and a student-oriented tone ease readers into complex subjects like money, interest rates, banking, asymmetric information, financial crises and regulation, monetary policy, monetary theory, and other standard topics.
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