2006 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
Speculation, Derivatives and Capital Controls
Authors : Dick Bryan, Michael Rafferty
Published in: Capitalism with Derivatives
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK
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Those concerned with levels of economic growth, investment, employment, wages and the like frequently look at data on financial markets with bemusement. Why do global financial markets turn over each year about 100 times more than is needed to fund international trade? What goes on in these financial markets, and is it necessary if they are not supporting the ‘real’ activities of production and investment?