Financial crises & disasters books

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Since the summer of 2007, credit markets in almost all industrial countries have been in substantial turmoil and...  Read More >>

The book argues that a successful monetary and banking reform requires: a rollback of monetary nationalism and return...  Read More >>

Traces the rise in power and wealth of America's largest investment banks and brokerage houses beginning in 2002....  Read More >>

A timely look at the role of governments in solving economic crises that learns from the past and proposes a new...  Read More >>

How bad is the Global Crisis? Will the Indian economy be hit hard? What can we do to protect ourselves from global...  Read More >>

Covers tighter regulation of banks, reform of corporate boardrooms and changes affecting institutional investors....  Read More >>

Sub-Saharan Africa has been hit hard by the global recession, but signs of resilience remain. While South Africa...  Read More >>

Reflects macroeconomic and fiscal forecasts as well as information on fiscal stimulus and financial and industrial...  Read More >>

An annual effort by the economists at the Nanyang Technological University to provide analysis, interpretations...  Read More >>

For all of the technical explanations for meltdown in the financial markets during the banking crisis, the most...  Read More >>

The great crash of 2008 was one that no one saw coming, or, if they did, they ignored the warning signs. This title...  Read More >>

A topical commentary on the state of politics, gender and race from a high profile and well-respected feminist theorist...  Read More >>

Tracing the social and political presence of Hillary Clinton, Michelle Obama, Sarah Palin and Barack Obama, this...  Read More >>

Finalist for the 2009 National Book Critics Circle Award in Criticism: from Agee to Astaire, Steinbeck to Ellington,...  Read More >>

The financial crisis left major banks crippled by toxic assets and short of capital, while lenders became less willing...  Read More >>

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This book provides an analysis of the responses to the recent crisis that has beset the international financial...  Read More >>

Covering sixty-six countries across five continents, this title presents a comprehensive look at the varieties of...  Read More >>

In the midst of a severe economic downturn, the US is whipsawed by news of stock market drops, layoffs, foreclosures,...  Read More >>

The current banking crisis has tested every dimension of banking and created maximum uncertainty for its future...  Read More >>

The economic crisis has created a host of problems for working people: collapsing wages, lost jobs, ruined pensions,...  Read More >>

Details how financialisation of the oil markets meshed with other trends to create a moment that saw investment...  Read More >>

In responding to the financial crash of 2008, both the Bush Administration and the Obama Administration have relied...  Read More >>

The Crash of International Finance-Capital and its Implications for the Third World was first published in 1989...  Read More >>