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Municipal Securities: The Crises Of State And Local Government Indebtedness, Systemic Costs Of Low Default Rates, And Opportunities For Reform, Christine Sgarlata Chung
Municipal Securities: The Crises Of State And Local Government Indebtedness, Systemic Costs Of Low Default Rates, And Opportunities For Reform, Christine Sgarlata Chung
Christine Sgarlata Chung
Municipal securities are securities that state and local governments issue to pay for large infrastructure projects like roads and power plants, to fund economic development and public welfare initiatives like sports stadiums and hospitals, and to meet day-to-day funding needs. According to conventional wisdom, municipal securities are safe because state and local government issuers rarely default. State and local governments rarely default because they may be legally obligated to collect taxes, fees and assessments in amounts necessary to pay bondholders. In addition, legal and non-legal constraints may make it difficult or impossible for state and local governments to obtain discharge. …
From Lily Bart To The Boom Boom Room: How Wall Street’S Social And Cultural Response To Women Has Shaped Securities Regulation, Christine Sgarlata Chung
From Lily Bart To The Boom Boom Room: How Wall Street’S Social And Cultural Response To Women Has Shaped Securities Regulation, Christine Sgarlata Chung
Christine Sgarlata Chung
In Edith Wharton’s 1905 novel House of Mirth, Lily Bart learns in one brutal moment what happens to women who get tangled up with the stock market. Though she is beautiful and well-born, Lily is vulnerable when she seeks salvation in the stock market – she has no family to support her, no fortune of her own, no training in business matters, and no socially acceptable means of acquiring money, save marriage. When the husband of a friend (Gus Treanor) offers to help Lily by speculating in the stock market, Lily agrees. And when Treanor begins presenting Lily with money, …
From Lily Bart To The Boom Boom Room: How Wall Street’S Social And Cultural Response To Women Has Shaped Securities Regulation, Christine Sgarlata Chung
From Lily Bart To The Boom Boom Room: How Wall Street’S Social And Cultural Response To Women Has Shaped Securities Regulation, Christine Sgarlata Chung
Christine Sgarlata Chung
In Edith Wharton’s 1905 novel House of Mirth, Lily Bart learns in one brutal moment what happens to women who get tangled up with the stock market. Though she is beautiful and well-born, Lily is vulnerable when she seeks salvation in the stock market – she has no family to support her, no fortune of her own, no training in business matters, and no socially acceptable means of acquiring money, save marriage. When the husband of a friend (Gus Treanor) offers to help Lily by speculating in the stock market, Lily agrees. And when Treanor begins presenting Lily with money, …
From Lily Bart To The Boom Boom Room: How Wall Street’S Social And Cultural Response To Women Has Shaped Securities Regulation, Christine Sgarlata Chung
From Lily Bart To The Boom Boom Room: How Wall Street’S Social And Cultural Response To Women Has Shaped Securities Regulation, Christine Sgarlata Chung
Christine Sgarlata Chung
In Edith Wharton’s 1905 novel House of Mirth, Lily Bart learns in one brutal moment what happens to women who get tangled up with the stock market. Though she is beautiful and well-born, Lily is vulnerable when she seeks salvation in the stock market – she has no family to support her, no fortune of her own, no training in business matters, and no socially acceptable means of acquiring money, save marriage. When the husband of a friend (Gus Treanor) offers to help Lily by speculating in the stock market, Lily agrees. And when Treanor begins presenting Lily with money, …