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Introduction

Dick Bryan and Michael Rafferty

Chapter 1 in Capitalism with Derivatives, 2006, pp 1-16 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract If we were to select a handful of adjectives to describe the current economic world (or most previous periods, for that matter) ‘volatile’ would be prevalent. Volatility is both a threat and an agent of change, and how volatility is addressed is itself part of that change.

Keywords: Exchange Rate; Interest Rate; Financial Market; Hedge Fund; Capitalist Economy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230501546_1

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