An extremely userfriendly overview of the inner workings of the US stockmarket. Things have changed a great deal since the heady days of the 1980s andwe are now... » 

An extremely userfriendly overview of the inner workings of the US stockmarket. Things have changed a great deal since the heady days of the 1980s andwe are now entering an era of profound uncertainty with most analystspredicting trouble ahead. Indeed the alarming decline of the NASDAQ shows nosign of abating and the fear is that traditional industries will be the next tobite the dust. September 11th has only added to the gloomy mood. This bookexamines the current conditions before looking back to the events of the pastcentury The Great Depression the 1970s oil crisis the partyfortherichatmosphere of the 1980s and the emergence of the new economy. «