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Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World
Ahamed, Liaquat
Penguin 2009
“A grand, sweeping narrative of immense scope and power.” NY Times Book Review.
Introduction to Financial Accounting: U.S. GAAP Adaptation – Accounting PDF
Annand, David, et al.
Lyrx 2019
This textbook is intended for use in entry-level college and university courses in financial accounting. It requires students to prepare 18 different year-end adjusting entries and all four types of financial statements, and to calculate and analyze 16 different financial statement ratios. Unique versions can be created for any number of individual students or groups. Open Access textbook pdf.
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The Myth of the Rational Market: A History of Risk, Reward, and Delusion on Wall Street
Fox, Justin
Harper Business 2009
The Sellout: How Three Decades of Wall Street Greed and Government Mismanagement Destroyed the Global Financial System – Banking Books PDF
Gasparino, Charles
Wiley 2009 Dewey Dec. 332
From critically acclaimed investigative journalist and CNBC personality Charles Gasparino comes a sweeping examination of the most volatile, anxiety-ridden era in our nation’s socioeconomic history. The winner of the 2009 Investigative Reporters and Editors Award for Books, The Sellout traces the recent implosion of the financial services business back to its roots in the late 1970s, when Wall Street embraced a new business model predicated on enormous risk. Gasparino reveals a startling trail of culpability—from the government bureaucrats who crafted housing policies to the Wall Street firms that underwrote and invested in risky debt, to the mortgage sellers who indiscriminately handed out loans, and finally to the homeowners who thought they could afford mansions on blue-collar wages. Financial crises books, banking and finance pdf.
Principles of Accounting Volume 1: Financial Accounting – Accounting PDF
Principles of Accounting Volume 2: Managerial Accounting
Graybeal, Patty and others
OpenStax 2019
“Principles of Accounting is designed to meet the scope and sequence requirements of a two-semester accounting course that covers the fundamentals of financial and managerial accounting. Due to the comprehensive nature of the material, we are offering the book in two volumes. This book is specifically designed to appeal to both accounting and non-accounting majors, exposing students to the core concepts of accounting in familiar ways to build a strong foundation that can be applied across business fields.” -Open Textbook Library Website. Open Access accounting textbook.
Accounting Principles: A Business Perspective – Accounting PDF
Hermanson, Roger H. et al.
Bccampus 2011
This textbook uses annual reports of real companies to illustrate many of the accounting concepts in use in business today. Gaining an understanding of accounting terminology and concepts, however, is not enough to ensure your success. You also need to be able to find information on the Internet, analyze various business situations, work effectively as a member of a team, and communicate your ideas clearly. This text was developed to help you develop these skills. Open Access textbook pdf.
The Monster: How a Gang of Predatory Lenders and Wall Street Bankers Fleeced America – and Spawned a Global Crisis – Banking Books PDF
Hudson, Michael W.
Times 2010 Dewey Dec. 332.6
In this stunning narrative, award-winning reporter Michael W. Hudson reveals the story of the rise and fall of the subprime mortgage business by chronicling the rise and fall of two corporate empires: Ameriquest and Lehman Brothers. As the biggest subprime lender and Wall Street’s biggest patron of subprime, Ameriquest and Lehman did more than any other institutions to create the feeding frenzy that emboldened mortgage pros to flood the nation with high-risk, high-profit home loans. Financial crisis books, banking and finance pdf, U.S. economic policy books.
13 Bankers: The Wall Street Takeover and the Next Financial Meltdown – Finance Books PDF
Johnson, Simon and Kwak, James
Pantheon 2010 Dewey Dec. 332.1
Even after the ruinous financial crisis of 2008, America is still beset by the depredations of an oligarchy that is now bigger, more profitable, and more resistant to regulation than ever. Anchored by six megabanks–Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup, Wells Fargo, Goldman Sachs, and Morgan Stanley–which together control assets amounting, astonishingly, to more than 60 percent of the country’s gross domestic product, these financial institutions (now more emphatically “too big to fail”) continue to hold the global economy hostage, threatening yet another financial meltdown with their excessive risk-taking and toxic “business as usual” practices. How did this come to be–and what is to be done? These are the central concerns of 13 Bankers, a brilliant, historically informed account of our troubled political economy. Financial crisis books, banking books, U.S. economic policy books.
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Financial Strategy for Public Managers – Finance Books PDF
Kioko, Sharon
Rebus Community 2016
This is a new generation textbook for financial management in the public sector. It offers a thorough, applied, and concise introduction to the essential financial concepts and analytical tools that today’s effective public servants need to know. It starts “at the beginning” and assumes no prior knowledge or experience in financial management. Open Access textbook pdf, banking and finance pdf.
A History of the Federal Reserve (Vol 1) – Banking Books PDF
Meltzer, Allan H.
University of Chicago 2002
Covers 1913-1951.
Medici Money: Banking, Metaphysics, and Art in Fifteenth-Century Florence – Banking Books PDF
Parks, Tim
Norton 2005 Dewey Dec. 332.1
Their name is a byword for immense wealth and power, but before their renown as art patrons and noblemen, the Medici built their fortune on banking-specifically, on lending money at interest. In this brisk and witty narrative, Tim Parks uncovers the intrigues, dodges, and moral qualities that gave the Medici their edge. Vividly evoking the richness of the Florentine Renaissance and the Medici’s glittering circle, replete with artists, popes, and kings, Medici Money is a brilliant look into the origins of modern banking and its troubled relationship with art and religion. Banking books, books on finance.
On the Brink: Inside the Race to Stop the Collapse of the Global Financial System – Banking Books PDF
Paulson, Henry M.
Business Plus 2010 Dewey Dec. 330.9
Author Hank Paulson was Secretary of the Treasury during the world’s most cataclysmic financial crisis since the Great Depression. Major institutions including Bear Stearns, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Lehman Brothers, AIG, Merrill Lynch, and Citigroup, among others – all steeped in rich, longstanding tradition – literally teetered at the edge of collapse. Panic ensnared international markets. Worst of all, the credit crisis spread to all parts of the U.S. economy and grew more ominous with each passing day.
From the man who was in the very middle of this perfect economic storm, ON THE BRINK is Paulson’s fast-paced retelling of the key decisions that had to be made with lightning speed. Paulson puts the reader in the room for all the intense moments as he addressed urgent market conditions, weighed critical decisions, and debated policy and economic considerations with of all the notable players-including the CEOs of top Wall Street firms as well as Ben Bernanke, Timothy Geithner, Sheila Bair, Nancy Pelosi, Barney Frank, presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain, and then-President George W. Bush. Financial crisis books, banking books.
Financial Management for Small Businesses: Financial Statements & Present Value Models – PDF Finance Books
Robinson, Lindon J. et al.
Michigan State University 2020
This book is for those whose financial management focus is on small businesses. For you, we adapt the traditional financial management themes emphasized in corporate financial management courses to meet the needs of small businesses. Open Access textbook pdf, banking and finance pdf.
Maxed Out: Hard Times, Easy Credit, and the Era of Predatory Lenders – Banking PDF
Scurlock, James D.
Scribner 2007
International Finance: Theory and Policy – International Finance PDF
Suranovic, Steve
Saylor Foundation 2010
This textbook develops a unified model of the international macroeconomy. The text provides detailed descriptions of major macroeconomic variables, covers the interest rate parity and purchasing power parity theories of exchange rate determination, takes an exhaustive look at the pros and cons of trade imbalances and presents the well-known AA-DD model to explore the effects of fiscal and monetary policy under both fixed and flexible exchange rates. Open Access textbook pdf.
Financial Accounting – Accounting Books PDF
University of Minnesota Libraries
University of Minnesota Libraries 2016
This book is intended for an undergraduate or MBA level Financial Accounting course. It covers the standard topics in a standard sequence, utilizing the Socratic method of asking and answering questions. Open Access textbook pdf.
In Fed We Trust: Ben Bernanke’s War on the Great Panic – Banking Books Free Online
Wessell, David
Crown Business 2009 Dewey Dec. 332.1
“Whatever it takes”. That was Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke’s vow as the worst financial panic in more than fifty years gripped the world and he struggled to avoid the once unthinkable: a repeat of the Great Depression. Under his leadership the Fed spearheaded the biggest government intervention in more than half a century and effectively became the fourth branch of government, with no direct accountability to the nation’s voters. In this penetrating look inside the most powerful economic institution in the world, David Wessel illuminates its opaque and undemocratic inner workings, while revealing how the Bernanke Fed led the desperate effort to prevent the world’s financial engine from grinding to a halt. Financial crisis books, banking books.
Money and Banking – Banking Books Free Online
Wright, Robert E.
Saylor Foundation
” The financial crisis of 2007-8 has already revolutionized institutions, markets, and regulation. Wright’s Money and Banking V 2.0 captures those revolutionary changes and packages them in a way that engages undergraduates enrolled in Money and Banking and Financial Institutions and Markets courses.
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. Open Access textbook pdf.
BOOK COLLECTIONS – Banking, Finance
Accounting Books (General) – Collection – Accounting Books PDF
About 120 Accounting books (General) from the Internet Archive free online. Some books: Recordkeeping: the total concept, College Accounting, Fundamental Accounting Principles, Accounting for Non-Accountants, Accounting Best Practices, Financial Accounting in an Economic Context, I Have QuickBooks: Now What?, Accounting For Dummies, The CPA Exam, History of Accounting, The Price Waterhouse Personal Tax Advisor, Taxes for Dummies, many more. Banking and finance pdf.
Banking Books – Collection – Banking Books Free Online
About 1,700 books from the Internet Archive free online on the subject of Banks and Banking. Some books: Banking, Islamic Banking, International Banking, Money Banking and Central Banking, Banking and Finance Terminology, The Banking Crisis, Opportunities in Banking Careers, Foreign Banking Systems, Personal Banking, Commercial Banking, The Banking System of Canada, The Art of Central Banking, many more. Banking books, banking and finance pdf.
Monetary Policy Books – Collection – PDF Banking Books
About 1,050 books from the Internet Archive free online on the subject of Monetary Policy. Some books: Roads to Sound Money, Monetary Management, Dollars and Deficits, Monetary Economics: controversies in theory and policy, Monetary Policy in Developed Economies, Inside the Money Market, Federal Reserve Monetary Policy 1917-1933, The Federal Reserve on Record, Modern Monetary Theory, Monetary and Fiscal Policy, The National Debt, many more. Banking books pdf, books on finance pdf.
International Finance Books – Collection – International Finance PDF
About 1,200 books from the Internet Archive free online on the subject of International Finance. Some books: Countdown to Depression, Financing World Trade, Why the Rich Nations Get Richer and the Poor Stay Poor, International Finance, Innovation and Technology in the Markets, Fixing Global Finance, The International Monetary Mechanism, Perspectives on International Financial Liberalization, many more. Banking pdf books, books on finance pdf.
International Monetary Fund Books – Collection – International Finance PDF
About 210 books from the Internet Archive free online on the subject of International Monetary Fund. Some books: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook, The IMF and its Critics, The IMF and the Private Markets, Financial Organization and Operations of the IMF, The Lending Policies of the IMF, IMF Programmes in Developing Countries, And the Money Kept Rolling In, The Poverty Brokers, many more. IMF book, banking book.
Financial Crises Books – Collection – Finance Books PDF
About 730 books on Financial Crises at the Internet Archive. Some books: How Our Greatest Financial Minds Bankrupted the Nation, The Story of Modern Financial Insanity, Surviving the Soft Depression of the 21st Century, The Crisis of Capitalist Democracy, Too Big to Fail, The Asian Currency Crisis, Bailout, The End of Wall Street, Economic Disasters of the 20th Century, The 86 Biggest Lies on Wall Street, Taiwan and its Neighbors and the Asian Financial Crisis, many more. Books on financial crises, banking pdf books, books on U.S. economic policy, globalization books.
VINTAGE BOOKS – Banking & Finance
Selected Articles on a Central Bank of the United States – PDF Banking Books
Robbins, E. Clyde, comp.
H. W. Wilson 1910 Dewey Dec. 332.1
In the first decades of the 20th century publisher H.W. Wilson produced many volumes in its Debaters’ Handbook Series on social and political issues that were under discussion at the time. Each book contains the full text of selected articles and documents representing opposing views on the issue, along with a substantial bibliography of books and articles.
Most of the books mentioned in these guides are likely to be freely available online. Search by title; first at the Internet Archive (archive.org), then at HathiTrust.org. Referenced magazine articles may also be available online at the same sites, with HathiTrust the preferred site for magazines. Banking books, finance books.
Selected Articles on Single Tax
Bullock, Edna D., comp.
H. W. Wilson 1915 Dewey Dec. 336.2
In the first decades of the 20th century publisher H.W. Wilson produced many volumes in its Debaters’ Handbook Series on social and political issues that were under discussion at the time. Each book contains the full text of selected articles and documents representing opposing views on the issue, along with a substantial bibliography of books and articles. U.S. Economic Policy books, banking and finance pdf.
Most of the books mentioned in these guides are likely to be freely available online. Search by title; first at the Internet Archive (archive.org), then at HathiTrust.org. Referenced magazine articles may also be available online at the same sites, with HathiTrust the preferred site for magazines.
Selected Articles on the Income Tax, with Special Reference to Graduation and Exemption
Phelps, Edith M., comp.
H. W. Wilson 1909 Dewey Dec. 336.2
In the first decades of the 20th century publisher H.W. Wilson produced many volumes in its Debaters’ Handbook Series on social and political issues that were under discussion at the time. Each book contains the full text of selected articles and documents representing opposing views on the issue, along with a substantial bibliography of books and articles. Finance books, books on U.S. economic policy, banking books free.
Most of the books mentioned in these guides are likely to be freely available online. Search by title; first at the Internet Archive (archive.org), then at HathiTrust.org. Referenced magazine articles may also be available online at the same sites, with HathiTrust the preferred site for magazines. Banking and finance pdf.
Personal Finance PDF
CORE BOOKS – Personal Finance
The Wall Street Journal Financial Guidebook for New Parents – Personal Finance PDF
Bradford, Stacey L.
Three Rivers 2009 Dewey Dec. 332.02
A practical approach to affording your kids from cradle to college, with information on how to:
• Safeguard your child’s well-being with wills, trusts, and life insurance
• Best weigh your child-care options and decide whether to go back to work
• Save on taxes with child-friendly tax credits and deductions plus tax-advantaged benefits at work
• Manage your family’s health-care costs
• Save for long-term costs by setting up a college fund
• Spend smart and save money at every stage of your child’s development
• Continue to contribute to your own retirement savings. Investing books, personal finance books pdf.
The Myth of the Rational Market: A History of Risk, Reward, and Delusion on Wall Street – Personal Finance Books PDF
Fox, Justin
Collins 2008 Dewey Dec. 332.6
A lively history of ideas, The Myth of the Rational Market, describes with insight and wit the rise and fall of the world’s most influential investing idea: the efficient markets theory. Former Time Magazine economics columnist Justin Fox carries readers from the earliest days of Wall Street to the current financial crisis, debunking the long-held myth that the stock market is always right in the process while intelligently exploring the replacement theory of behavioral economics. Investing books, personal finance books.
The Warren Buffett Way: Investment Strategies of the World’s Greatest Investor – Personal Finance Books PDF
Hagstrom, Robert G.
Wiley 1994 Dewey Dec. 332.6
The Warren Buffett Way outlines his career and presents examples of how his investment techniques and methods evolved and the important individuals in that process. It also details the key investment decisions that produced his unmatched record of performance.
“Encompasses numerous investments and accomplishments, as well as the timeless and highly successful investment strategies and techniques he has always used to come out a market winner.” -Publisher. Investment books, pdf personal finance books.
The AARP Retirement Survival Guide: How to Make Smart Financial Decisions in Good Times and Bad – Personal Finance Books PDF
Jason, Julie
Sterling 2009 Dewey Dec. 332.02
This guide offers time-tested, rock-solid retirement advice for people of every income level: in addition to showing those on the verge of retirement how to create their own personal pension, author Julie Jason deftly guides prospective retirees through the otherwise bewildering process of evaluating their needs, anticipating future expenses (and managing current ones), and converting present assets into future retirement income. To achieve this goal, she assembles and shares with the reader an entire tool kit of self-assessments, tables, checklists, and essential questions. Best pdf personal finance books.
Credit Repair – Personal Finance Books PDF
Leonard, Robin
Nolo 2011
Dewey Dec. 332.7
Credit Repair shows you how to fix your credit situation quickly and easily, explaining the necessary steps in plain English. Learn how to:
avoid overspending
establish a realistic budget
get out of debt now
build a financial cushion
read and understand your credit report
get mistakes on your credit report fixed
protect your social security number
avoid credit discrimination
get positive information added to your credit report
negotiate with creditors. Banking books, personal finance book.
A Random Walk Down Wall Street: The Best Investment Advice for the New Century – Personal Finance Books PDF
Malkiel, Burton G.
Norton 1999 Dewey Dec. 332.6
Skilled at puncturing financial bubbles and other delusions of the Wall Street crowd, Burton Malkiel shows why a broad portfolio of stocks selected at random will match the performance of one carefully chosen by experts. Taking a shrewd look at the high-tech boom and its aftermath, Malkiel shows how to maximize gains and minimize losses in this era of electronic brokers, virtual gurus, and flashy investment vehicles. Learn how to analyze the potential returns, not only for stocks and bonds, but for the full range of investment opportunities, from money market accounts and real estate investment trusts to insurance, home owning, and tangible assets like gold and collectibles. Decode the rating game for mutual funds, and discover the unique advantages of index mutual funds over the wide range of riskier alternatives. Investment books free, personal finance books pdf.
The Road to Wealth: A Comprehensive Guide to Your Money – Personal Finance Books Free Online
Orman, Suze
Riverhead 2008 Dewey Dec. 332.02
Suze Orman gives answers to questions that readers have about:
– Credit cards and the new bankruptcy laws
– FICO scores
– Changes in student financial aid
– Changes in the real estate market and mortgages
– Stocks and bonds
– The latest retirement investment strategies, including the new Roth 401(k)
– Mutual funds and annuities
– Wills and trusts
– Social Security
– Life insurance
– Disability and long-term care insurance
– Identity theft (and what to do if you’re a victim of it). Best personal finance books pdf.
Stocks for the Long Run: A Guide to Selecting Markets for Long-Term Growth – Personal Finance Books Free Online
Siegel, Jeremy J.
Irwin 1995 Dewey Dec. 332.6
Financial expert Jeremy Siegel gives shrewd and practical advice on building wealth through buying stocks in this thorough analysis of the market and the factors that affect it. His guide gives investors essential background on the stock market by explaining the historical returns on stocks and bonds over the past two centuries – and discusses the risk and return profile on financial assets that makes stocks safer and more productive long-term investments. Investing books free, personal finance books.
Personal Finance – Personal Finance Books Free Online
Siegel, Rachel and Yacht, Carol
Saylor Foundation 2009
A comprehensive Personal Finance textbook. It includes personal finance planning problems with links to solutions, and personal application exercises, with links to their associated worksheet(s) or spreadsheet(s). In addition, the text boasts a large number of links to videos, podcasts, experts’ tips or blogs, and magazine articles to illustrate the practical applications for concepts covered in the text. Open Access Textbook PDF
The Only Investment Guide You’ll Ever Need – Personal Finance Books Free Online
Tobias, Andrew P.
Harcourt 2005 Dewey Dec. 332.02
Andrew Tobias shows you:
How to spend smarter–and save $1,000 or more
When to invest in stocks, and how
The ins and outs of investing on the Internet
Tax strategies, from tuition to retirement
The basics of life insurance
Who–if anyone–you can trust to manage your money
The inside skinny on annuities, real estate, and Social Security. Investing books, personal finance books pdf.
BOOK COLLECTIONS – Personal Finance
Investing – Collection – Personal Finance Books Free Online
About 130 free online books on the Internet Archive, resulting from a search for books on “Personal Finance – Investing”. Some books: Investing Demystified, Personal Investing: the missing manual, Investing Offshore, Mastering Online Investing, Lifespan Investing, Investing and Trading, Green Investing, Ethical Investing, Strategic Investing, Investing in Latin America, Investing for Safety’s Sake, Investing in Securities, many more. Personal finance books free online.
Mutual Funds – Collection – Personal Finance PDF
About 400 books from the Internet Archive free online on the subject of Mutual Funds. Some books: Business Week Guide to Mutual Funds, Lifetime Guide to Mutual Funds, Mutual Funds Explained, What Wall Street Doesn’t Want You to Know, Profiting from Mutual Funds, Low-Load Mutual Funds, Morningstar Complete Investor, Guide to Bond and Money Market Mutual Funds, many more.
Investment Analysis – Collection – Personal Finance PDF
About 600 books from the Internet Archive, free online on the subject of Investment Analysis. Some books: Practical Investment Management, Financial Analyst’s Handbook, The Technical Analysis Course, Guide to the Perfect Portfolio, Profit from Market History and Seasonal Trends, Timing the Market, The New Complete Investor, Rational Investing in Irrational Times, The Motley Fool Investment Guide, many more.
Free Personal Finance Books – Collection – Personal Finance Books Free Online
About 680 free online books on the Internet Archive, resulting from a search for books on “Personal Finance”. Some books: Personal Finance on Your Computer, Guide to Personal Finance for Single Mothers, Complete Guide to Personal Finance for Teenagers and College Students, The Money Book of Personal Finance, Personal Finance for Overseas Americans, 250 Personal Finance Questions for Your 20s and 30s, Business Owner’s Guide to Personal Finance, many more.
Real Estate Investing Books – Collection – Personal Finance PDF
About 700 free online books at the Internet Archive, resulting from a search for books on “Real Estate Investment”. Some books: Rental Property and Taxation: investor’s guide, Real Estate Investor’s Handbook, How to Buy Read Estate: profits and pitfalls, Analyzing Real Estate Opportunities, How to Find and Manage Profitable Properties, How to Reap Riches from Raw Land, Millionaire Real Estate Mentor, many more. Personal finance pdf.
House Selling Books – Collection – Personal Finance PDF Download Free
About 300 books from the Internet Archive free online on the subject of House Selling. Some books: Packaging Your Home for Profit, Homeseller’s Survival Guide, How to Sell Your Home without a Broker, For Sale by Owner, The Homeseller’s Kit, How to Sell Your Home in 5 Days, Fix it, Stage it, Sell it Quick, The Fearless Home Seller, many more. Personal finance pdf.
Estate Planning Books – Collection – Personal Finance Books Free Online
About 550 free online books at the Internet Archive, resulting from a search for books on “Estate Planning”. Some books: Smart Guide to Estate Planning, Estate Planning in Six Simple Steps for Canadians, You Can’t Take it With You, Your Will and Estate Planning, Estate Planning for California Residents, Encyclopedia of Estate Planning, Plan Now or Pay Later, Complete Executor’s Guidebook, many more. Personal finance books pdf download free.