"Although banking and sovereign debt crises are not unusual, the crisis that has unfolded across the world since 2007 has been unique in both its scale and scope. It has also been unusual in being both triggered by, and mainly affecting, developed economies. Starting with the US…
"This volume presents the first overall analysis, both theoretical and empirical, of the Asian Financial Crisis. It draws out the general lessons of an event whose potential long-term effects have been likened to the Crash of 1929." "Part One presents a factual and analytic over…
This book provides a comprehensive interdisciplinary account of the events leading to the financial crisis, its institutional causes and consequences, its economic characteristics and its socio-political implications. It offers an in-depth assessment of the future of global fina…
In sharp, clinical detail, Darrell Duffle walks readers step-by-step through the mechanics of large-bank failures. He identifies where the cracks first appear when a dealer bank is weakened by severe trading losses, and demonstrates how the bank's relationships with its customer…
"This book provides a systematic account of financial crisis in the developing world by exploring how Minsky's theory may be extended to countries at early stages of financial development, going beyond the parameters of the established "emerging market crisis" literature"--
This book demonstrates how housing systems are built from political struggles over the distribution of welfare and wealth. The contributors analyze varieties of residential capitalism through a range of international case studies, as well as investigating the links between housi…
Demonstrating how housing systems are built from political struggles over the distribution of welfare and wealth, this text analyses varieties of residential capitalism through a range of international studies, as well as investigating the links between housing finance and the c…
In this bravura analysis of the current global crisis - following on from his bestselling "Welcome to the Desert of the Real"--Slavoj Zizek argues that the liberal idea of the end of history, declared by Francis Fukuyama during the 1990s, has had to die twice. After the collapse…
A fascinating close-up analysis of the causes of the 2007/8 financial crisis and its consequences - Financial Crisis places the world of finance under the microscope, bringing together evidence of the involvement of banks, governments and regulators.
