The Great Game: The Rise of the Wall Street Financial Empire (Hardcover)

Author: John S. Gordon
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: This is a book about the history of Wall Street, as well as a book about the history of American finance and economic history. Over the past 200 years, Wall Street has propelled the United States from a primitive and singular economy into a powerful and complex one. At every stage of American economic development, the U.S. capital market, represented by Wall Street, has played a vital role. Wall Street has provided a continuous flow of capital for the growth of the U.S. economy, achieving the optimal allocation of social resources, while Wall Street itself has grown alongside the U.S. economy to become the center of the global financial system. The success of the U.S. economy is a prime example of the synergistic development between the capital market and the real economy. The history of Wall Street as told in this book serves as a living textbook for the development of the capital market. In this book, readers will encounter captivating and wise stories from the history of Wall Street. Throughout its evolution, Wall Street has seen a variety of figures and faced numerous twists and turns. It reminds today's builders of the capital market of the realities and challenges they must inevitably confront, while also offering valuable references and warnings for today's investors. The Great Game may serve as a historical reference for China, which is rushing forward on the path of modernization. For Chinese readers who wish to draw lessons from the history of Wall Street, this book is a valuable resource.