'Managing in a Downturn' brings together the world s leading business thinkers on the big questions confronting managers and executives in today's painfully credit-crunched times.
The implosion of the 2008 financial crisis ignited fears that integration would transmit the crisis' effects throughout the global system. Examining two countries, Bangladesh and Zambia, this project shows that low-income countries with relatively little integration also saw neg…
An explanation of how and why the economic downturn of 2007 became the Great Recession of 2008 and 2009. It explores the root causes of the cycle of boom and bust of the economy. It describes social equity in terms of its arguments and claims in political, economic, and social c…
Boom, bust, and misery : the curse of capitalism -- History of the roller coaster -- Bush, boom, and bust -- The income gap -- The consumption gap -- The housing crisis -- Investment and profit -- The credit balloon and the financial crisis -- Government spending and taxes -- Th…
