Greed

This book is a provocative examination of the idea of greed from various perspectives, drawing together experts from academia, politics and business.Greedexplores whether the desire for material possession in post-industrial economies is a positive or a negative phenomenon and considers the implications of greed on society and the global economy.

Alexis Brassey is completing a phD in Psychology at the University of London. UK. He is also Managing Director of Cramer Pelmont Solicitors, Senior Partner of The Schools Enterprise Partnership and Managing Director of Liverpool Residential Ltd. He formerly worked for 10 years in the City of London as Assistant Vice-President of Citibank, Director of Lehman Brothers and Head of Yen trading at Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation. He is a qualified fund manager, teacher and holds a BSc (Hons) in Finance and Economics from Manchester University, and MA in Philosophy from Kings College London. Stephen Barber is Senior Research Fellow at the Global Policy Institute, London Metropolitan University and visiting lecturer in political economy at Goldsmiths, University of London. He has spent fifteen years working in the City of London's financial industry most recently as Head of Research for the stockbroker Talos Securities. A frequent contributor to and commentator in the financial press he writes a fortnightly column for the FT's Investment Adviser. He is a Member of the Securities Institute and Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. In addition to various articles and papers, Stephen has published three previous books: Political Strategy: Modern Politics in Contemporary Britain (2005); The City in Europe and the World (2005) and The Geo-Politics of the City (2007).