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INFLUENCE
How the Wall Street Elite Put
the Financial System at Risk
CHARLES R. GEISST
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
UNDUE
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Geisst, Charles R.
Undue influence : how the Wall Street elite put the fianancial system at
risk / Charles R. Geisst.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 0-471-65663-1 (cloth)
1. Stock exchanges—United States. 2. Stock exchanges—Law and legislation—
United States. 3. Securities industry—Deregulation—United States. 4. Financial
crises—United States. I. Title.
HG4910.G449 2005
332.64′273—dc22
2004011590
Printed in the United States of America
10 987654321
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