Financial crises & disasters books

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World Economic Outlook, October 2009 (Arabic): Sustaining the Recovery

World Economic Outlook, October 2009 (Arabic): Sustaining...

Author: IMF Staff
ISBN: 9781589068964
Format: Paperback
$90.00

Explores the prospects for growth in the aftermath of the financial crisis. This title also explores whether there...  Read More >>

Inclusive, Balanced, Sustained Growth in the Asia-Pacific

Inclusive, Balanced, Sustained Growth in the Asia-Pacific...

Author: Peter A. Petri
ISBN: 9789812309662
Format: Paperback
$78.94

This report provides a policy framework for completing the recovery and achieving sustained growth beyond it. It...  Read More >>

The End Of Wall Street

The End Of Wall Street

Author: Roger Lowenstein
ISBN: 9781594202391
Format: Hardback
$73.79

The roots of the mortgage bubble and the story of the Wall Street collapse from America's most trusted business...  Read More >>

Selling America Short: The SEC and Market Contrarians in the Age of Absurdity

Selling America Short: The SEC and Market Contrarians...

Author: Richard C. Sauer
ISBN: 9780470582114
Format: Hardback
$73.79

Reveals the inner workings of our financial system and the agencies who attempt to control it. This book shows the...  Read More >>

Restoring Confidence in the Financial System: See-Through-Leverage: A Powerful New Tool for Revealing and Managing Risk

Restoring Confidence in the Financial System: See-Through-Leverage:...

Author: Richard Bassett ,  Sean Tully
ISBN: 9781906659660
Format: Hardback
$92.37

Explains the intricacies of the regulatory framework of Basel I and Basel II, the two landmark events in banking...  Read More >>

Uncontrolled Risk: Lessons of Lehman Brothers and How Systemic Risk Can Still Bring Down the World Financial System

Uncontrolled Risk: Lessons of Lehman Brothers and How...

Author: Mark Williams
ISBN: 9780071638296
Format: Hardback
$73.79

A COMPELLING CASE STUDY OF THE FALL OF LEHMAN BROTHERS--ILLUSTRATING THE DANGER OF UNCONTROLLED RISK  Read More >>

Financial Globalization, Economic Growth, and the Crisis of 2007–09

Financial Globalization, Economic Growth, and the Crisis...

Author: William Cline
ISBN: 9780881324990
Format: Paperback
$76.43

Focuses on the benefits of financial globalization, examines the dangers of financial openness, and asks if the...  Read More >>

The Roller Coaster Economy: Financial Crisis, Great Recession, and the Public Option

The Roller Coaster Economy: Financial Crisis, Great...

Author: Howard J Sherman
ISBN: 9780765625373
Format: Hardback
$368.00

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The Recession Prevention Handbook: Eleven Case Studies, 1948-2007

The Recession Prevention Handbook: Eleven Case Studies,...

Author: Norman Frumkin
ISBN: 9780765622839
Format: Hardback
$368.00

The United States has endured recessions since the end of World War II, including the recession of 2007-2009. This...  Read More >>

Chasing Goldman Sachs: How the Masters of the Universe Melted Wall Street Down...and Why They'll Take Us to the Brink Again

Chasing Goldman Sachs: How the Masters of the Universe...

Author: Suzanne McGee ,  Hillary Huber
ISBN: 9781400117512
Format: Audio
$92.37

Veteran Wall Street journalist Suzanne McGee explores why the Wall Street implosion happened and finds that the...  Read More >>

Epic Recession: Prelude to Global Depression

Epic Recession: Prelude to Global Depression

Author: Jack Rasmus (Santa Clara University)
ISBN: 9780745329987
Format: Paperback
$92.40

A fresh perspective on the economic crisis that argues that we are experiencing a recession on an unprecedented...  Read More >>

The Global Crash: Towards a New Global Financial Regime?

The Global Crash: Towards a New Global Financial Regime?...

Author: L. Talani
ISBN: 9780230243415
Format: Hardback
$237.60

This book provides a comprehensive interdisciplinary account of the events leading to the financial crisis, its...  Read More >>

Epic Recession: Prelude to Global Depression

Epic Recession: Prelude to Global Depression

Author: Jack Rasmus (Santa Clara University)
ISBN: 9780745329994
Format: Hardback
$316.80

A fresh perspective on the economic crisis that argues that we are experiencing a recession on an unprecedented...  Read More >>

Crisis: Cause, Containment and Cure

Crisis: Cause, Containment and Cure

Author: T. Huertas
ISBN: 9780230236189
Format: Hardback
$277.20

The current crisis is emerging as the most severe downturn since the Great Depression. This book examines its cause,...  Read More >>

Chasing Goldman Sachs: How the Masters of the Universe Melted Wall Street Down...and Why They'll Take Us to the Brink Again

Chasing Goldman Sachs: How the Masters of the Universe...

Author: Suzanne McGee ,  Hillary Huber
ISBN: 9781400147519
Format: Audio
$221.73

Veteran Wall Street journalist Suzanne McGee explores why the Wall Street implosion happened and finds that the...  Read More >>

Fool's Gold: How Unrestrained Greed Corrupted a Dream, Shattered Global Markets and Unleashed a Catastrophe

Fool's Gold: How Unrestrained Greed Corrupted a Dream,...

Author: Gillian Tett
ISBN: 9780349121895
Format: Paperback
$26.99

* Inside the financial crisis as the bankers themseves rode the boom and fell with the crash, from the first UK...  Read More >>

Financial Instability: Toolkit for Interpreting Boom and Bust Cycles

Financial Instability: Toolkit for Interpreting Boom...

Author: V. D'Apice ,  G. Ferri
ISBN: 9780230248113
Format: Hardback
$264.00

This book explains what is behind the wave of increasingly frequent and severe financial crises since the 1980s....  Read More >>

The End of Modernity: What the Financial and Environmental Crisis is Really Telling Us

The End of Modernity: What the Financial and Environmental...

Author: Stuart Sim
ISBN: 9780748640355
Format: Hardback
$75.01

How the current paradigm of technologically driven economic progress could destroy the planet and its socio-economic...  Read More >>

The Russian Economic Crisis

The Russian Economic Crisis

Author: Jeffrey Mankoff
ISBN: 9780876094761
Format: Paperback
$26.40

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Coping with the Global Financial Crisis: Challenges Facing Low-Income Countries

Coping with the Global Financial Crisis: Challenges...

Author: Stefania Fabrizio ,  Stefania Fabrizio
ISBN: 9781589069299
Format: Paperback
$38.95

Provides an assessment of the implications of the financial crisis for low-income countries, evaluates the short-term...  Read More >>

Globalization and Growth: Implications for a Post-Crisis World

Globalization and Growth: Implications for a Post-Crisis...

Author: Michael Spence ,  Danny Leipziger
ISBN: 9780821382202
Format: Paperback
$105.60

Offers a comprehensive overview of the financial and economic crises of 2008-2009 and the economic and financial...  Read More >>

Nowhere to Hide: The Great Financial Crisis and Challenges for Asia

Nowhere to Hide: The Great Financial Crisis and Challenges...

Author: Michael Lim Mah Hui ,  Lim Chin
ISBN: 9789814279734
Format: Paperback
$105.34

Combines the disciplines of economics, finance, sociology and politics to analyse the causes, consequences and challenges...  Read More >>

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