Encyclopedia of American Business (Revised edition)

The 2011 two‐volume revised edition of the Encyclopedia of American Business, edited by W. Davis Folsom and associate editor Stacia N. Vandyne, represents an update since the publication of the original edition in 2004. Published in the Facts on File Library of American History, this revised edition seeks to update the original publication with an emphasis on understanding “financial markets, instruments, and regulatory authorities” and how they are tied to the economic system (p. xiv). For instance, updated entries include Subprime mortgages, Investment fraud and Consumer economics. The over 800 pages of this edition contain over 800 entries....