It's now available for free download on the web, under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs license. It may be recirculated freely for noncommercial use only. No alterations are allowed, and the author must be credited.

The book is a definitive overview of the financial markets and their economic and political role.

The file is in Acrobat 5.0 format and is 1.1 megabytes in size.

The author made less than $10,000 on this book for six years of work, even though it sold over 20,000 copies. So please consider a contribution here (via Paypal). If you prefer the old-fashioned way, you can mail a check (payable to Left Business Observer) to Doug Henwood, LBO, 242 Greene Av - #1C, Brooklyn NY 11238-1398.