Economic and financial crises and disasters

'Walden Bello is the world's leading no-nonsense revolutionary.

We are living through a cost of living crisis, with interest rate hikes and the prices of everyday consumables and energy bills sky-rocketing.

During the 2008 financial crisis, wealth strategist Garrett Gunderson made his timely debut into the literary world with his ground breaking book, Killing Sacred Cows, where he exposed the ingrained fallacies and destructive myths surrounding money and wealth.

Summary, Analysis & Review of George Packer's The Unwinding by InstareadPreview:The Unwinding by George Packer is an account of the decline of American institutions since 1978.

I urge everyone to read this important new book.

Money Mania is a sweeping account of financial speculation and its consequences, from ancient Rome to the Meltdown of 2008.

The European debt crisis has posed a challenge for many people to understand, both non-Europeans and Europeans alike.

An insightful collection of essays focused on American men, women, and children from a range of economic classes and ethnic backgrounds during the Great Depression.

Robust financial markets support capitalism, they don't imperil it.

Government-Nonprofit Relations in Times of Recession brings together contributions by international scholars to examine how the relationships between governments and nonprofit organizations have shifted as a result of the global recession.

Government-Nonprofit Relations in Times of Recession brings together contributions by international scholars to examine how the relationships between governments and nonprofit organizations have shifted as a result of the global recession.

The ongoing Greek crisis has been the subject of immense scholarly interest and debate since it erupted in 2009.

'Cristina Alger's debut novel offers a fresh and modern glimpse into New York's high society.

Just as we need good food for good health, so too do we need 'good finance' for social and economic wellness.

Just as we need good food for good health, so too do we need 'good finance' for social and economic wellness.

'Superb' - Tim Harford, author of How to Make the World Add Up Money is essential to the economy and how we live our lives, yet is inherently worthless.

This book surveys 'thrift' through its moral, religious, ethical, political, spiritual and philosophical expressions, focussing in on key moments such as the early Puritans and Post-war rationing, and key characters such as Benjamin Franklin, Samuel Smiles and Henry Thoreau.

This book surveys 'thrift' through its moral, religious, ethical, political, spiritual and philosophical expressions, focussing in on key moments such as the early Puritans and Post-war rationing, and key characters such as Benjamin Franklin, Samuel Smiles and Henry Thoreau.

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

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

Nicolas Darvas was a world famous dancer and a self-taught investor.

Bagehot was one of the first writers to describe and explain the world of international and corporate finance, banking, and money in understandable language.

To make and invest money, one must understand how the financial systems work.

This book addresses the different forms of austerity, contestation and resistance, in order to understand how they relate to one another and the impact they have on the democratic quality of public debates, the trust in public institutions and the legitimacy of law.

This book addresses the different forms of austerity, contestation and resistance, in order to understand how they relate to one another and the impact they have on the democratic quality of public debates, the trust in public institutions and the legitimacy of law.

The Great Financial Crash had cataclysmic effects on the global economy, and took conventional economists completely by surprise.

The global financial crisis of 2008 ushered in a system of informal decision-making in the grey zone between economics and politics.

The global financial crisis of 2008 ushered in a system of informal decision-making in the grey zone between economics and politics.

We are living in a time of crisis which has cascaded through society.

We are living in a time of crisis which has cascaded through society.

Literature can be used to disseminate ideas with devastating real-life consequences.

Literature can be used to disseminate ideas with devastating real-life consequences.

The River Barons charts the development of the business community in Montreal through the crucial years between 1837 and 1853, when the small commercial fraternity of the 1830s, responding to the challenge of a transportation revolution, grew much more complex and diversified.

Vocation, or calling - the idea that everyday work is the locus of Christian obedience - is, at first glance, peculiarly a theological notion.

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

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

Killing Bugs for Business and Beauty examines the beginning of Canada's aerial war against forest insects and how a tiny handful of officials came to lead the world with a made-in-Canada solution to the problem.

Killing Bugs for Business and Beauty examines the beginning of Canada's aerial war against forest insects and how a tiny handful of officials came to lead the world with a made-in-Canada solution to the problem.

For the past two centuries, the great power sitting atop the international global financial system has enjoyed outsized rewards.

For the past two centuries, the great power sitting atop the international global financial system has enjoyed outsized rewards.

War in Ukraine, a global hunger crisis, the West's cost of living crisis - the eruptions of 2022 were all too predictable.

Published to mark the 30th anniversary of the financial revolution known as 'Big Bang', Crash Bang Wallop will tell the gripping story of how the changes introduced in the 1980s in the City of London transformed our world.

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERBestselling author of The Four and NYU Business School professor delivers an insightful, urgent analysis of who stands to win and who's at risk to lose in a post-pandemic world.