Our lives in their portfolios : why asset managers own the world /

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Author / Creator:Christophers, Brett, 1971- author.
Imprint:London ; New York : Verso, 2023.
©2023
Description:x, 310 pages ; 24 cm
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13149119
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ISBN:9781839768996
1839768991
1839768983
9781839768989
9781839769016
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:"Buying and selling life-supporting assets at a dizzying pace, the crux of the asset manager business model is not long-term investment and careful custodianship but the pursuit of quick profits for themselves and their investors. In asset manager society, the natural and built environments that sustain us become one more vehicle for siphoning money from the many to the few"--
Other form:Online version: Christophers, Brett, 1971- Our lives in their portfolios London ; New York : Verso, 2023 9781839769016