The World Financial Crisis Of 2008 - 2010: What Happened, Who Is To Blame, And How To Protect Your Money [Paperback]

Daniel Quinn Mills (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 9, 2009

Today's World Financial Crisis is the most significant economic event of our lifetimes. As this book goes to press, the economy is deteriorating at a far faster rate than anyone could have imagined. Polls say that more Americans fear the financial crisis than fear a terrorist attack. This book explains: * What happened and why. * Who caused this mess. * How to save our pensions and our savings. * What will happen next.

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About the Author

Daniel Quinn Mills consults with major corporations and governments and lectures about management, leadership, strategy, economics and geopolitics. Widely and often quoted as well as seen in the national media, Mills has appeared on NBC's Today Show, and been quoted in articles in The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, and Business Week. He is a fellow of the National Academy of Human Resources. Recent books include Wheel, Deal and Steal: Deceptive Accounting, Deceitful CEOs, and Ineffective Reforms; Buy, Lie and Sell High: How Investors Lost out on Enron and the Internet Bubble; Master of Illusions: Presidential Leadership, Strategic Independence and America's Public Culture; Principles of Management; Leadership: How to Lead, How to Live; Principles of Human Resource Management; and Having It All: Six Steps for Putting Both Your Career and Your Family First. Mills taught at MIT's Sloan School of Management from 1968 to 1975, and at the Harvard Business School from 1976 to 2007. His MA and Ph.D., both in economics, are from Harvard. Mills received his undergraduate degree from Ohio Wesleyan University.

Product Details

• Paperback: 178 pages
• Publisher: CreateSpace (June 9, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1448602629
• ISBN-13: 978-1448602629
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.4 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,424,170 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A CLEAR EXPLANATION OF OUR FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS AND THEIR MISUSE IN OUR WORLD 2009, December 20, 2009

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This review is from: The World Financial Crisis Of 2008 - 2010: What Happened, Who Is To Blame, And How To Protect Your Money (Paperback)

A SHORT CONCISE OUTLINE AND EXPLANATION OF PRESENT DAY FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS AND HOW THEY BROUGHT THE WORLD TO ITS KNEES THROUGH THEIR MISUSE AND FRAUDULENT SCHEMES. PFOFESSOR QUINN MILLS LAYS IT OUT FOR A HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL CLASS AND IF YOU CANNOT UNDERSTAND THIS PRESENTATION YOU SHOULD NOT BE READING THIS BOOK. THIS PRESENTATION IS DIRECT, CLEAR AND PRECISE FOR BOTH THE LAYMAN AND THE CFO. READ IT AND YOU WILL GRASP THE ENORMITY OF OUR PRESENT DAY FINANCIAL CRISIS AND COLOSSAL LOSS DUE TO GREED.

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5.0 out of 5 stars The World Financial Crisis of 2008 - 2010, December 25, 2009

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Arrived in perfect condition and the person who received it as a present was quite interested in the text....found it very informative. Would buy again .... totally satisfied.