Leopold, Les. <br/><br/>
The looting of America :  how Wall Street's game of fantasy finance destroyed our jobs, pensions, and prosperity, and what we can do about it / 
Les Leopold. 
 - White River Junction, Vt. :  Chelsea Green Pub.,  c2009. 
 - xvii, 219 p. :  ill. ;  22 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-211) and index. 
<br/><br/>The hooking of Whitefish Bay -- The iron law of fantasy finance -- Is there a dime's bit of difference between Wall Street's "innovation" and gambling? -- Learning and unlearning the lessons of the Great Depression -- The oracle blesses derivatives, the newest game in the casino -- Getting the story backwards -- Financial weapons of mass destruction -- Fantasy finance meets reality: the great crash of 2008 -- The end of fantasy finance? -- Proposals Wall Street won't like -- Proposals Wall Street really won't like. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781603582056 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2009014181 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Finance--United States.<br/>Financial crises--United States.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States--Economic conditions--2001-2009.<br/>United States--Economic policy--2001-2009.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HG181  / .L42 2009 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>330.973  / LEO