Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- One. Lombard Street, Old and New -- Two. Origins of the Present System -- Three. The Age of Management -- Four. The Art of the Swap -- Five. What Do Dealers Do? -- Six. Learning from the Crisis -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References --...

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