Banking Finance

In the years immediately after the Civil War, tens of thousands of former slaves deposited millions of dollars into the Freedman's Bank. African Americans envisioned this new bank as a launching pad for economic growth and self-determination. But only nine years after it opened, their trust was betrayed and the Freedman's Bank collapsed. Fully informed by new archival findings, historian Justene Hill Edwards unearths a major turning point in American history in this comprehensive account of the Freedman's Bank and its depositors

Blockchain technology has been called the greatest innovation since the Internet. Governments and companies are rushing to implement blockchain technology in a range of areas that could impact every person on the planet within a few years. Is blockchain technology one of the greatest technological revolutions in history, or is it just hype? Will blockchain technology cause governments and banking systems to change the way they process information, or will it be business as usual? In this book we'll look at the answers to these questions along with addressing the different sides of the arguments for and against blockchain technology. Blockchain is not just bitcoin; blockchain technology is much bigger than bitcoin, and it is predicted to change the world.

If you had purchased $100 worth of Bitcoins in the middle of 2009 and held onto those coins until August 2017, you would have turned that $100 into more than $8,000,000. The lucrative world of cryptocurrency no longer has to be a mystery. This book will shock you. Secret strategies are revealed. Discover what cryptocurrency is all about and how to make a lot of money investing and trading in them.

Transformational technologies are a rare occurrence. In the last 40 years we have seen a marked shift in the way that the global economy functions thanks to the widespread adoption of the Internet. This technology revolutionized the way that information could be spread around the world. Today we are on the precipice of another great technology, the blockchain.

Money is changing and this may mean a new world order. David Birch sets out the economic and technological imperatives concerning digital money, discussing the potential impact of it and the tensions involved - between public and private and between East and West - to contribute to the high-level debate that we must have to begin to shape the International Monetary and Financial System of the near future.

Désirez-vous ouvrir et gérer vous-même votre compte bancaire aux États-Unis? Si vous êtes un entrepreneur étranger, ce guide pratique est pour vous! Ce troisième guide dans la série Oui Aux Entrepreneurs® va vous permettre de bien comprendre le fonctionnement du système bancaire américain. Il va aussi vous fournir les outils nécessaires pour ouvrir et gérer votre propre compte bancaire aux États-Unis, aussi bien professionnel que personnel. Ensemble, nous allons explorer plusieurs aspects du monde bancaire aux États-Unis.

Vermögen sichern für die jetzige und die nächste Generation, finanziell unabhängig sein und bleiben. So lauten die Ziele, die wohlhabende Menschen in der zweiten Lebenshälfte bewegen. Gerade heute machen sich viele von ihnen Sorgen um ihr Eigentum. Gerd Kommer und Olaf Gierhake, beide selbst finanziell unabhängige Unternehmer, zeigen in diesem Schritt-für-Schritt-Ratgeber praxisnahe, wirksame Instrumente des Vermögensschutzes. Zur Senkung der Belastung mit Kosten und Steuern.

In "Der Bitcoin-Standard" führt Wirtschaftswissenschaftler Saifedean Ammous den Leser durch die faszinierende Historie verschiedener Formen von Geld. Er erkundet, was diesen unterschiedlichen Technologien ihren monetären Status gab und wie sie ihn wieder verloren, was uns das über die wünschenswerten Eigenschaften von Geld lehrt und wie Bitcoin versucht diese zu erfüllen. Ammous erläutert die wirtschaftlichen, sozialen, kulturellen und politischen Vorzüge eines soliden Geldes und stellt diese unserem aktuellen Geldsystem gegenüber.

The concept of borrowing against a properly structured life insurance policy as your own bank may sound complicated, but it can be a potent tool for creating liquid wealth. This is because of the power of compounding interest, which is a mathematical force that allows money to grow exponentially over time. By taking out a loan against your life insurance policy and investing the funds elsewhere, you can create more wealth than if you had saved up and paid cash for everything in your life.

The 1980s opened with the prime interest rate at an astonishing 21.5 percent, leading to a severe recession with unemployment reaching nearly 11 percent. Depression-like conditions befell the agricultural sector, a bubble burst in the energy sector, a rolling real estate recession swept the country, the entire thrift industry was badly insolvent and the major money center banks were loaded with third world debt.

Zombie Banks tells the story of how debtor nations and failing institutions are damaging the long-term prospects of the global economy. Author Yalman Onaran, a veteran Bloomberg News reporter and financial banking-sector expert, examines exactly what a zombie bank is and why they are kept alive. He also discusses how they hurt economic recovery and what needs to be done in order to restore stability.

El 1 de noviembre de 2008, Satoshi Nakamoto anunció que estaba trabajando en un nuevo sistema de dinero que no precisaba de un tercero de confianza. Se trataba del sistema Bitcoin, una red de pago con su propia moneda autóctona que utilizaba un sofisticado método para que los miembros pudieran verificar todas las transacciones sin tener que confiar en ningún componente de la red. Bitcoin automatiza las funciones de un moderno banco central, y las convierte en predecibles y prácticamente inmutables mediante la programación de un código descentralizado entre miles de miembros de la red.

Щоб втілити всі свої задуми та бажання, сучасна людина перш за все повинна досягти успіху в грошових питаннях, використовуючи принципи управління особистими фінансами, викладені на сторінках цієї книги у доступній та захопливій формі.Джордж Семюел Клейсон публікував нариси про економіку та фінансовий успіх, використовуючи форму історій та притч Стародавнього Вавилону. Ці твори набули широкого поширення серед персоналу банків та страхових компаній. Їх прочитали мільйони людей. Найбагатший чоловік у Вавилоні швидко став класикою мотиваційної літератури, корсним підручником з економіки, управління фінансами та одночасно із саморозвитку.

Über Geld spricht man nicht. Schon gar nicht im Zusammenhang mit Lebenssinn. Nach wie vor tabuisiert, wird Geld in unserer Gesellschaft immer noch häufig als schmutzig angesehen. Wer reich ist, gilt als Protzer oder Betrüger, und wer viel Geld haben will, wird als gierig gebrandmarkt. Dabei ist Geld zunächst einmal völlig wertfrei betrachtet ein neutrales Tauschmittel. Was das Problem noch verschärft: Weder in der Schule noch später lernen wir, Geld wirklich zu verstehen.

Charles H. Ferguson, who electrified the world with his Oscar-winning documentary Inside Job, now explains how a predator elite took over the country, step by step, and he exposes the networks of academic, financial, and political influence, in all recent administrations, that prepared the predators' path to conquest. Over the last several decades, the United States has undergone one of the most radical social and economic transformations in its history.

In A History of Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, Volume 5: 1973-1999, the story of CIBC unfolds amidst a backdrop of world-changing events, economic booms and busts, and memorable moments in Canadian history. This era of the bank saw challenges such as the OPEC crisis and recession-driven collapses of iconic companies like Massey Ferguson, Dome Petroleum, and Olympia & York.

Mache Dich gefasst auf eine erstaunliche Reise. Spannend wie ein Krimi, werfen wir einen völlig neuen Blickwinkel auf die Finanzwelt. Unser destruktives Geldsystem provoziert Finanzkrisen und macht die meisten Menschen sukzessive ärmer, kränker und unzufriedener. Genau dieses Hamsterrad führt paradoxerweise zu immer mehr Wirtschaftswachstum. Wo liegen die Ursachen dieser Tretmühle und wie kann man ausbrechen? Im ersten Teil dieses Hörbuchs erfährst Du alles über die Konstruktionsfehler des Geldsystems.

According to business reporter Charles Gasparino, President Obama is faking his outrage at Wall Street, and his calls for new policies to rein in banks that are "too big to fail" are just pabulum. In reality, Obama has climbed into bed with Wall Street CEOs, giving them what they want so they will support his liberal, big-government agenda.

Ludwig von Mises said there can never be too much of a good theory. Salerno proves it in this sweeping and nearly comprehensive audiobook on applied Austrian monetary theory. He uses the Mises/Rothbard theory of money to reinterpret historical episodes, reevaluate the history of thought, closely examine the Federal Reserve policy, seek out cause and effect in business cycles, provide a new understanding of war and social unrest, and clarify the relationship between the state and the central bank.

This audiobook will show you how to get the government off your back and out of your life! Do you realize the government considers you their property? When you're the property of others, that's defined as slavery! Do you realize the government presumes it's sovereign over you, and can tell you what you can and can't do?