OUR LIVES IN THEIR PORTFOLIOS: Why Asset Managers Own the World
Asset managers, Christophers shows, are unlike traditional owners of housing and other essential infrastructure. Buying and selling these life-supporting assets at a dizzying pace, the crux of their business model is not long-term investment and careful custodianship but making quick profits for themselves and the investors that back them.
Format: Paperbound
Pages: 310
Publisher: Verso
Publishing status: Current
ISBN: 9781839768996
Item #: 8898987
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