Wall Street Versus Main Street: Understanding Why "The System" is Broken by John

Description: Wall Street Versus Main Street by John F. Ince Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Description Wall Street Versus Main Street is what the Occupy Movement is all about. This book describes in clear and compelling terms how "the system" favors the 1% at the expense of the 99%. Its written with the insiders knowledge of a former banker, the reportorial skills of a former Fortune Magazine reporter and the passion of someone who came to clearly understand the economic injustice of the system. Ince pulls no punches in the process. He knows that bankers have a balancing act to play because the money they create is supposed to serve both public and private purposes. But bankers dont balance their responsibility, opting for excess because they know that if they get in trouble, Uncle Sam will bail them out. In effect bankers privatize gains and socialize losses, pocketing obscene bonuses in the process. Today, dire economic circumstances are pushing us into uncharted territory. Our moment of reckoning is rapidly advancing. The current system concentrates economic power in the hands of private, profit making institutions whose primary fiduciary responsibility is to provide a financial return to shareholders. That fiduciary responsibility trumps any other consideration, including the interests and needs of the larger society. Capitalism now is in the midst of an identity crisis. There is a profound shift taking place in public consciousness and we are just now beginning to understand its implications. Today this identity crisis is playing itself out on the world stage. Our world finds itself on the brink of an unprecedented crises of an epic proportions, from the sovereign debt crisis in Europe, to Congress inability to tackle U. S. debt issues, to student loan indebtedness to the mortgage mess. Many times in history the world has faced financial crises but never have they been of such magnitude and never before have so many of our most fundamental assumptions and institutions found themselves under such serious scrutiny. Whether the system is on the brink of catastrophic collapse, or simply putting forth a clarion call to change depends upon our response. The root cause of our crises lies nowhere else but in our modes of thinking and the systems that support that thinking. To Wall Street, its all a big game and theyre winning. Who will win this game? Wall Street or Main Street? You can be sure ... Wall Street is prepared to do battle. The illusions surrounding our Money and Banking System ultimately double back upon themselves and stare themselves in the face, like an infinitely reflecting mirror of trust. Upon this trust has been constructed an entire edifice we call the global economy. Its an infinitely leveraged system built upon a foundation of debt that blows like sand in the wind. The debt based capital flows that are the lifeblood of our economy originate somehow, somewhere from within the inner sanctums of imposing temple-like structures in Washington, DC, huge banking towers that seem to touch the sky, and digital accounting entries that are as ephemeral as the 10 trillion dollars of wealth that simply evaporated during the recent liquidity crunch. If Capitalism is just a big game, then who are the players and what are the rules? Who and what determines who wins? What are the teams and who are the players on the teams? These are the issues that Ince dissects in this provocative book that is a must read for anyone concerned about where we are headed in highly uncertain economic times. Author Biography John F. Ince is an author, social entrepreneur, business journalist and documentary filmmaker. He is the founder and CEO of The Credit Commons, a social venture designed to decentralize and democratize the money and banking system. In 2004 he produced the documentary Time Bomb: Americas Debt Crises, Causes Consequences and Solutions. That film predicted out current financial crisis and has been aired on national television several times. He is the author of ten books about economics and banking. His writings have been published in The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal and numerous other publications. He previously worked Fortune Magazine, Harvard Business School, Harvards John F. Kennedy School of Government and Chase Manhattan Bank. He served as an aide to former Senator Paul Tsongas organizing a U.S. Senate caucus for solar energy. He has founded two non profits, One World Inc., and The Earth Aid Foundation. His other books include: Main Street Versus Wall Street: Transforming Raw Anger Into Purposeful Action; The Money Question: A Bold Vision for Systemic Reform; Meaningful Money: Innovation at the Intersection of Money Meaning and Markets; and The Code of Common Cents: New Money Versus Old Money and The Next American Revolution. Details ISBN 1468034316 ISBN-13 9781468034318 Title Wall Street Versus Main Street Author John F. Ince Format Paperback Year 2011 Pages 126 Publisher Createspace Independent Publishing Platform GE_Item_ID:46823453; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. 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