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Gary Gorton's Top Book Recommendations

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A Primer on Securitization

A Primer on Securitization introduces readers to America's newest system of raising capital: what it is, how it operates, and what difference securitization makes.

Gathering fourteen lectures by the pioneers of securitization and by current practitioners--from Freddie Mac, Paine Webber, JP Morgan, Chrysler, McKinsey & Co, and other major players--A Primer on Securitization introduces readers to America's newest system of raising capital: what it is, how it operates, and what difference securitization makes.The securitization process bypasses financial...
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Gary GortonA collection of lectures from people in the industry who are involved in securitisation. (Source)

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Dorothea Lange

Including the work of Nan Goldin, Graciela Iturbide, Julia Margaret Cameron, Lisette Model and Dorothea Lange, this collection includes 55 key photographs from each, giving a chronological overview of the main themes and ideas behind their photography. less
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Gary GortonThese are famous photographs. Lange looked out of her window in San Francisco one day and saw the employed workers lined for food. (Source)

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In this unique recreation of one of the most dramatic periods in modern American history, Studs Terkel recaptures the Great Depression of the 1930s in all its complexity. Featuring a mosaic of memories from politicians, businessmen, artists, and writers, from those who were just kids to those who remember losing a fortune, Hard Times is not only a gold mine of information but a fascinating interplay of memory and fact, revealing how the Depression affected the lives of those who experienced it firsthand.
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Gary GortonThis is an oral history of the Great Depression, including people from all walks of life describing what they did, from the demonstrations and riots of the out-of-work to Goldman Sachs executives. (Source)

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This book is a facsimile reprint and may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. less
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Gary GortonSprague was the first chaired Professor at Harvard Business School and his book is a classic narrative of the national banking era. (Source)

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.

This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and...
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Gary GortonA compilation of popular accounts of the crises assembled by the press. (Source)

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