The Money Changers Author:Arthur Hailey Viewed from outside, First Mercantile American Bank-among America's top twenty-seems a cathedral of respectability, sound and solid as Fort Knox. It's the kind of bank where the public deposits money confidently,perhaps the kind of bank in which your life savings are now. — "a trail of crime leading to The Moneychangers exciting and suspenseful c... more »limax. In between are fascinating glimpses into the world of money....Credit cards-the big-business pressures behind them, and their perils for the unwary, why bank money-traders "wear out" fast; "insider" financial newsletters-how they help the rich get richer; why U.S. currency is the ewasiest to counterfeit; how interlocking directorships cheat the public; some unpalatable truths about inflation; how presigious institutions,apparently
sound, can crash in ruins,suddenly...and more, much more.« less