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Why Aren´t They Shouting?: A Banker´s Tale of Change, Computers and Perpetual Crisis
Kevin Rodgers
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Description for Why Aren´t They Shouting?: A Banker´s Tale of Change, Computers and Perpetual Crisis
Paperback. Taking you from an age of shouted phone calls and alpha males right up to today's world of computer geeks and complex derivatives. This book offers a masterclass in how modern banking actually works, exploring the seismic changes to the global financial industry over the last thirty years. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: KFFK; KNST; UB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 368.
`Eloquent, entertaining and accessible.' FT Adviser When Kevin Rodgers embarked on his career in finance, dealing rooms were filled with clamouring traders and gesticulating salesmen. Nearly three decades later, the bustle has gone and the loudest noise you're likely to hear is the gentle tapping of keyboards. Why Aren't They Shouting? is one banker's chronicle of this silent revolution, taking us from an age of shouted phone calls and alpha males right up to today's world of computer geeks and complex derivatives. Along the way, Rodgers offers a masterclass in how modern ... Read more
`Eloquent, entertaining and accessible.' FT Adviser When Kevin Rodgers embarked on his career in finance, dealing rooms were filled with clamouring traders and gesticulating salesmen. Nearly three decades later, the bustle has gone and the loudest noise you're likely to hear is the gentle tapping of keyboards. Why Aren't They Shouting? is one banker's chronicle of this silent revolution, taking us from an age of shouted phone calls and alpha males right up to today's world of computer geeks and complex derivatives. Along the way, Rodgers offers a masterclass in how modern ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Cornerstone
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781847941534
SKU
V9781847941534
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About Kevin Rodgers
Kevin Rodgers started his career as a trader with Merrill Lynch before joining another American bank, Bankers Trust. From there he went on to work as a managing director of Deutsche Bank for 15 years and latterly as global head of foreign exchange.
Reviews for Why Aren´t They Shouting?: A Banker´s Tale of Change, Computers and Perpetual Crisis
An animated, first-person narrative about the reality of banking ... lively and engaging ... Rodgers takes your hand and walks you through the history of finance.
LSE Review of Books
A welcome addition to the panoply of must-read titles about banking before, during and after the crisis ... by someone who was actually at the centre ... Read more
LSE Review of Books
A welcome addition to the panoply of must-read titles about banking before, during and after the crisis ... by someone who was actually at the centre ... Read more