Financial crises & disasters books

2361 books were found.

The Spanish Financial System: Growth and Development Since 1900

The Spanish Financial System: Growth and Development...

Author: P. Martín-Aceña ,  P. Martín-Aceña
ISBN: 9780230350045
Format: Hardback
$290.37

The book analyses the Spanish financial system from the turn of the last century to the present day and the economic,...  Read More >>

Banking with Integrity: The Winners of the Financial Crisis?

Banking with Integrity: The Winners of the Financial...

Author: H. Spitzeck ,  M. Pirson
ISBN: 9780230289956
Format: Hardback
$237.60

Banking with Integrity provides rich and in-depth case studies of banks which were doing well during the financial...  Read More >>

After the Fall: The End of the European Dream and the Decline of a Continent

After the Fall: The End of the European Dream and the...

Author: Walter Laqueur
ISBN: 9781250000088
Format: Hardback
$71.25

"The author was one of the few experts who predicted Europe's financial and political crisis when he wrote ""The...  Read More >>

Special Drawing Rights (SDRs): The First International Money

Special Drawing Rights (SDRs): The First International...

Author: Christopher Wilkie (Canadian Ambassador to the Kingdom of Morocco)
ISBN: 9780199606467
Format: Hardback
$229.00

Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) have recently re-emerged as a potential source of support and stability for the world...  Read More >>

Against Thrift: Why Consumer Culture is Good for the Economy, the Environment, and Your Soul

Against Thrift: Why Consumer Culture is Good for the...

Author: James Livingston
ISBN: 9780465021864
Format: Hardback
$72.60

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Basel III, the Devil and Global Banking

Basel III, the Devil and Global Banking

Author: D. Chorafas
ISBN: 9780230353770
Format: Hardback
$264.00

The banking industry extensively lobbied against Basel III and governments have been keen to delay its full implementation....  Read More >>

Beyond Our Means: Why America Spends While the World Saves

Beyond Our Means: Why America Spends While the World...

Author: Sheldon Garon
ISBN: 9780691135991
Format: Hardback
$79.07

If the financial crisis has taught us anything, it is that Americans save too little, spend too much, and borrow...  Read More >>

An Introduction to Petroleum Technology, Economics, and Politics

An Introduction to Petroleum Technology, Economics,...

Author: James G. Speight (CD-WINC, Laramie, Wyoming) ,  Luca Fantacci
ISBN: 9781118012994
Format: Hardback
$167.95

The perfect primer for both the layperson and the engineer, for the new hire and the old hand, describing, in easy-to-understand...  Read More >>

Conversations with Wall Street: The Inside Story of the Financial Armageddon and How to Prevent the Next One

Conversations with Wall Street: The Inside Story of...

Author: Peter Ressler ,  Monika Mitchell
ISBN: 9781607462941
Format: Paperback
$39.47

This behind-the-scenes guide explains how Wall Street's system works in easy-to-understand language. Confidential...  Read More >>

Currency Wars: The Making of the Next Global Crisis

Currency Wars: The Making of the Next Global Crisis...

Author: James Rickards
ISBN: 9781591844495
Format: Hardback
$71.15

An exploration of how the worldwide currency war, already under way, will soon affect everyone.  Read More >>

UK Economy: The Crisis in Perspective

UK Economy: The Crisis in Perspective

Author: Gabriele Giudice ,  Robert Kuenzel
ISBN: 9789279197062
Format: Hardback
$73.99

The global financial crisis, which began in 2007, was probably the biggest shock to hit the UK economy in living...  Read More >>

The Failure of Capitalist Production: Underlying Causes of the Great Recession

The Failure of Capitalist Production: Underlying Causes...

Author: Andrew Kliman
ISBN: 9780745332390
Format: Paperback
$72.42

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Financial Structures and Regulation: A Comparison of Crises in the UK, USA and Italy

Financial Structures and Regulation: A Comparison of...

Author: A. Roselli
ISBN: 9780230284944
Format: Hardback
$264.00

A survey of past financial crises, starting with the great banking collapses of the interwar period. The current...  Read More >>

Hoodwinked: An Economic Hit Man Reveals Why the Global Economy IMPLODED -- and How to Fix It

Hoodwinked: An Economic Hit Man Reveals Why the Global...

Author: John Perkins
ISBN: 9780307589941
Format: Paperback
$19.99

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Towards a Socioanalysis of Money, Finance and Capitalism: Beneath the Surface of the Financial Industry

Towards a Socioanalysis of Money, Finance and Capitalism:...

Author: Susan Long ,  Burkard Sievers
ISBN: 9780415600316
Format: Hardback
$315.00

The current global financial crisis has raised awareness of the impact the world of finance has on the economy and...  Read More >>

Post-Crisis Growth and Integration in Europe: Catching-up Strategies in CESEE Economies

Post-Crisis Growth and Integration in Europe: Catching-up...

Author: Ewald Nowotny ,  Peter Mooslechner
ISBN: 9780857932907
Format: Hardback
$304.00

Against the backdrop of the financial crisis that unfolded in 2008, this book deals with policy challenges going...  Read More >>

Better World is Possible, A

Better World is Possible, A

Author: Bruce Nixon
ISBN: 9781846945144
Format: Paperback
$38.79

The best book for the ordinary reader on the global environmental and economic crisis.  Read More >>

Panic in the Loop: Chicago's Banking Crisis of 1932

Panic in the Loop: Chicago's Banking Crisis of 1932...

Author: Raymond B. Vickers
ISBN: 9780739166406
Format: Hardback
$162.95

Relying on a broad array of records used together for the first time, Panic in the Loop reveals widespread fraud...  Read More >>

Crises of Governments: The Ongoing Global Financial Crisis & Recession

Crises of Governments: The Ongoing Global Financial...

Author: Robert J. Barro
ISBN: 9780255366571
Format: Paperback
$25.88

Examines the causes and consequences of the financial crash. This title looks at the effects of fiscal stimulus...  Read More >>

How Ireland Voted 2011: The Full Story of Ireland's Earthquake Election

How Ireland Voted 2011: The Full Story of Ireland's...

Author: M. Gallagher ,  M. Marsh
ISBN: 9780230348820
Format: Paperback
$116.41

The collapse of the Irish 'Celtic Tiger' economy, in the wake of a banking disaster, provoked a joint EU/IMF rescue...  Read More >>

How Ireland Voted 2011: The Full Story of Ireland's Earthquake Election

How Ireland Voted 2011: The Full Story of Ireland's...

Author: M. Gallagher ,  M. Marsh
ISBN: 9780230348813
Format: Hardback
$224.40

The collapse of the Irish 'Celtic Tiger' economy, in the wake of a banking disaster, provoked a joint EU/IMF rescue...  Read More >>

China's Crisis Management

China's Crisis Management

Author: Jae Ho Chung (Seoul National University, South Korea)
ISBN: 9780415677806
Format: Hardback
$305.00

This book presents a comprehensive overview of crisis management in China. It considers economic, political and...  Read More >>

The End of Finance

The End of Finance

Author: Massimo Amato (Bocconi University) ,  Luca Fantacci (Bocconi University)
ISBN: 9780745651118
Format: Paperback
$47.95

* This is a work of real quality on an immensely important topic - i.e. why the current financial crisis came about...  Read More >>

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