Economic and financial crises and disasters

Why did the world''s nations fight the Covid-19 pandemic in such different ways and with such varying results?

Contributes to a better understanding of the policy, economic, and legal options of countries struggling with debt problems.

We live in a time of great social, political and economic crisis that many date to the collapse of the global banking system in 2008.

The credit crunch is affecting every investor and every consumer, every industry and every government program, yet few people truly understand how it happened.

A world-renowned economist offers cogent and powerful reflections on one of the great avoidable economic catastrophes of the modern era The economic crisis in Greece is a potential international disaster and one of the most extraordinary monetary and political dramas of our time.

This book sets the record straight on why the Federal Reserve failed to rescue Lehman Brothers during the financial crisis.

Historical narrative integrated with graphs based on a unique dataset chronicle the last 200 years of monetary history in Norway.

This book proposes a solution to the ''too big to fail'' problem that will help to prevent future financial crises.

In 1997 it seemed that things in the City could only get better.

Debt is the hidden engine driving undocumented migration to the United States.

As the world's political and economic leaders struggle with the aftermath of the Financial Debacle of 2008, this book asks the question: have financial crises presented opportunities to rebuild the financial system?

The credit crunch is affecting every investor and every consumer, every industry and every government program, yet few people truly understand how it happened.

Economics and political economy lack the analytical tools to explain the differing impact of the recent international financial crisis that erupted in 2007 on developed economies.

This book explains why governments respond differently to macroeconomic problems and why necessary reforms are sometimes delayed until a serious financial crisis erupts.

This book deals with the genesis and dynamics of exchange rate crises in fixed or managed exchange rate systems.

In the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis, economists around the world have advanced theories to explain the persistence of high unemployment and low growth rates.

Banks of all sorts are troubled institutions.

Between 1760 and 1860, the English countryside was subject to constant attempts at agricultural improvement.

From the author of the modern business classic The Smartest Guys in the Room comes a damning indictment of late-stage capitalism-and the leaders that were brutally unprepared for a global pandemic.

A frank assessment of economists’ blindness before the financial crash in 2007–2008 and what must be done to avert a sequel The failure of economists to anticipate the global financial crisis and mitigate the impact of the ensuing recession has spurred a public outcry.

The former Fannie Mae CFO's inside look at the war between the financial giants and government regulatorsA provocative true-life thriller about the all-out fight for dominance of the mortgage industry and how it nearly destroyed the global financial systemMany books have been written about the 2008 financial crisis, but they miss the biggest story of the meltdown: the battle between giant financial companies to dominate the $11 trillion mortgage market that almost destroyed the global financial system.

The Global Financial Crisis of 2007-2009 has highlighted the resilience of the financial markets and broader economies from the developing world.

The 2007-08 financial crisis surprised many economists and the public.

Exchanges play an essential and central role in the world's economy.

This book investigates cases in which national and international activities have gone massively wrong, entailing seriously negative consequences.

This book uses case studies and in-depth analysis of recent legislation to explain why taxpayer-funded bail-outs are necessary for successful bank resolutions.

This edited volume will highlight recent research in derivatives modelling and markets in a post-crisis world across a number of dimensions or themes.

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The early 21st century has not been kind to California's reputation for good government.

Connections among different assets, asset classes, portfolios, and the stocks of individual institutions are critical in examining financial markets.

The inside story of what really happened at Lehman Brothers and why it failed In The Devil's Casino: Friendship, Betrayal, and the High Stakes Games Played Inside Lehman Brothers, investigative writer and Vanity Fair contributing editor Vicky Ward takes readers inside Lehman's highly charged offices.

This book explains why moral beliefs can and likely do play an important role in the development and operation of market economies.

Kryptowährungen haben die Finanzwelt revolutioniert – doch jetzt stehen sie vor einem neuen Wendepunkt: der Einbindung Künstlicher Intelligenz.

Understanding the Great Depression has never been more relevant than in today's economic crisis.

The UK and Multi-level Financial Regulation examines the role of the United Kingdom (UK) in shaping post-crisis financial regulatory reform, and assesses the implications of the UK's withdrawal from the European Union (EU).

Canada's social, economic, political, and environmental impacts on the Western Hemisphere have been largely overlooked by historians and other social scientists.

This book, based on the author's Clarendon Lectures in Finance, examines the empirical behaviour of corporate default risk.

Disaster risk management is of increasing significance in today's world.

How New Deal economic policies played out in the small town of Arthurdale, West Virginia Today, the U.

The so-called Great Recession that followed the global financial crisis at the end of 2007 was the largest economic downturn since the 1930s for most rich countries.

In this book, former Greek Prime Minister Costas Simitis examines the European debt crisis with particular reference to the case of Greece.

Global governance of international banks is breaking down after the Great Financial Crisis, as national regulators are withdrawing on their home turf.

Chronicles the damage Thomas Friedman's flat wrong, "e;Flat Earth"e; ideas have caused to the American economy As Martin Sieff convincingly argues, Thomas Friedman's prescriptions have played a major role in causing America's economic decline, yet many executives and politicians, including President Obama, still look to him as their guru.

Fast-paced and dramatic re-telling of the financial crisis that nearly bought the developed world to its knees.

The first book-length treatment to conclusively demonstrate the link between income inequality and the 2008 financial crisis and Great Recession Prevailing economic theory attributes the 2008 crash and the Great Recession that followed to low interest rates, relaxed borrowing standards, and the housing price bubble.

Conventional wisdom says that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) functions as the de facto international lender of last resort (ILLR) for the global financial system.