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Saving Capitalism From The Capitalists is book on finance and economics by Raghuram G. Rajan and Luigi Zingales. Summary of the Book In this book, the writers discuss how financial markets are a pivotal tool in spreading opportunity and improving the economic conditions of a country. They explain that financial markets are largely an untapped product of capitalism. The free market system is the best way to improve production and distribution. Readers will understand how economies are dependent on creative and lively financial markets for improvement and survival. A country which boasts a financial market where the traditional ideologies are constantly challenged and changed will experience rapid growth and become a symbol of economic prosperity. About the Authors Raghuram G. Rajan is the 23rd Governor of the Reserve Bank of India, the former chief economic adviser to India's Ministry of Finance and chief economist at the International Monetary Fund. A graduate of the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, Dr. Rajan completed his Ph.D. in Management at the MIT Sloan School of Management. Luigi Zingales is an Italian-American academician currently serving as the finance professor at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. He has also written A Capitalism for the People: Recapturing the Lost Genius of American Prosperity.