Bankers in the Ivory Tower
Author | : Charlie Eaton |
Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 216 |
Release | : 2022-02-25 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780226720425 |
ISBN-13 | : 022672042X |
Rating | : 4/5 (42X Downloads) |
Download or read book Bankers in the Ivory Tower written by Charlie Eaton and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2022-02-25 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Universities and the social circuitry of finance -- Our new financial oligarchy -- Bankers to the rescue : the political turn to student debt -- The top : how universities became hedge funds -- The bottom : a Wall Street takeover of for-profit colleges -- The middle : a hidden squeeze on public universities -- Reimagining (higher education) finance from below -- Methodological appendix : a comparative, qualitative, and quantitative study of elites.