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Economic & financial crises & disasters

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Economic & financial crises & disasters

Hardcover. Banks, Bankers, and Bankruptcies Under Crisis uses case studies of failed banks, banks that would have failed without taxpayer intervention, and in some cases banks obliged to merge under government pressure, to better understand global banking today. Num Pages: 301 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCX; KFFK; KJVB; LNPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 221 x 21. Weight in Grams: 464.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137436986
ISBN
9781137436986
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.97

Hardback. Restructuring the balance sheets of Western governments, banks and households is an important issue in the recovery after the recent crisis. Chorafas' latest book focuses on sovereign debt, sovereign risk and the developing economic and financial business climate and explains why the year of the big crisis may fall in the middle of this decade. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Banking and Financial Institutions. Num Pages: 290 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCX; KFFD; KFFK; KFFL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 215 x 24. Weight in Grams: 484.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
290
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230298408
ISBN
9780230298408
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.48

Hardcover. The Changing Role of Central Banks derives lessons from current economic and financial challenges as well as failures in confronting them. Through this approach, it brings under perspective political and social reactions to major economic problems of the last ten years, particularly those pertaining to money and initiatives taken by central banks. Num Pages: 296 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCBM; KCX; KFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 142 x 22. Weight in Grams: 474.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137336279
ISBN
9781137336279
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.09

Hardcover. The credit and banking crisis which hit the western world in 2007/2008 has and will continue to have far-reaching after-effects. At their core are Collateralized Debt Obligations (CDOs) and Credit Default Swaos (CDSs), the main themes of this book. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Banking and Financial Institutions. Num Pages: 302 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: KCX; KFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 474.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230578111
ISBN
9780230578111
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.65

Hardcover. The banking industry extensively lobbied against Basel III and governments have been keen to delay its full implementation. Chorafas' latest book takes a well-rounded approach on Basel III's strengths and weaknesses and explains how, without deep restructuring of the global banking industry, (like Basel II) Basel III will fail. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Banking and Financial Institutions. Num Pages: 298 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCL; KCX; KFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 220 x 22. Weight in Grams: 482.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230353770
ISBN
9780230353770
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.57

Hardcover. This book examines the banking crisis of July/August 2007 and its ensuing after-effects in 2008-2009: economic crisis, credit crunch, massive recapitalization of some banks and nationalization of other banks. The author offers his views on the factors which led to this global financial catastrophe and how it could have been avoided. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Banking and Financial Institutions. Num Pages: 281 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: KCX; KCZ; KFFK; KNST. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230233461
ISBN
9780230233461
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.95

Paperback. The global financial and economic crisis has brought about many effects that are still difficult to interpret univocally. This book studies the consequences of the crisis on Europe by examining the effects on the European institutional setup, governance and architecture and by studying in detail the different member countries. Num Pages: 298 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; KCP; KCX; KFF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 144 x 17. Weight in Grams: 374.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
298
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137482006
ISBN
9781137482006
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.58

Hardback. Num Pages: 307 pages, 17 black & white illustrations, 2 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; JPB; KCX; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 217 x 24. Weight in Grams: 556.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
307
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319350790
ISBN
9783319350790
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.15

Hardback. Series: Columbia Journalism Review Books. Num Pages: 368 pages, 5 graphs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; JFD; KCX; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 235 x 28. Weight in Grams: 660.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231158183
ISBN
9780231158183
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.68

Paperback. Series: Columbia Journalism Review Books. Num Pages: 368 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: KCX; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 221 x 28. Weight in Grams: 488.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231158190
ISBN
9780231158190
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.92

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: KCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745651644
ISBN
9780745651644
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.08

Hardback. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: KCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 19. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745651637
ISBN
9780745651637
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.24

Hardcover. A practical guide to preparing for the next phase of the financial meltdown From the authors who were the first to predict Phase I of our current economic downturn-in their landmark 2006 book, America's Bubble Economy -comes their insightful sequel discussing their predictions for the next phase of the Bubble Economy. Num Pages: 320 pages, ill. BIC Classification: KCX; VSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 163 x 28. Weight in Grams: 520. Clean copy with minor shelf wear. Fine in fine dustjacket
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Wiley
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Edition
2nd Revised and Updated
SKU
KOC0004852
ISBN
9780470918142
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardback. Tuckett argues that most economists' explanations of the financial crisis miss its essence; they ignore critical components of human psychology. He offers a deeper understanding of financial market behaviour and investment processes by recognizing the role played by unconscious needs and fears in all investment activity. Num Pages: 256 pages, 3 black & white tables. BIC Classification: JMTC; KCK; KCX; KCZ; KFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 234 x 21. Weight in Grams: 546.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Edition
2011 ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230299856
ISBN
9780230299856
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 150.44

Paperback. How A Powerful Elite Destroyed Ireland's Wealth Num Pages: 320 pages, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBR; KCX; KFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 154 x 26. Weight in Grams: 448. Good clean copy showing some shelf wear, minor nicks and bumps to cover and slight foxing to page edges but internally is a good copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Hachette Books Ireland
Condition
Used, Good
Edition
UK ed.
SKU
KSS0015106
ISBN
9780340994825
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Hardback. States that the accounting model, which is used worldwide, and the accounting standard setting process are seriously deficient. This book describes the deficiencies in an historical context and proposes two models to correct the deficiencies. Editor(s): Mosso, David. Series: Studies in the Development of Accounting Thought. Num Pages: 96 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: KCX; KFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 6. Weight in Grams: 313.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848556447
ISBN
9781848556447
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 87.08

Hardcover. Assesses how social democratic parties have responded, at the national as well as at the European Union level, to the 2008 financial crash Editor(s): Bailey, David J.; De Waele, Jean-Michel; Escalona, Fabien; Vieira, Mathieu. Num Pages: 304 pages, 8 tables. BIC Classification: 1D; 1QFE; JPFF; JPL; KCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 149 x 27. Weight in Grams: 610.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780719091957
ISBN
9780719091957
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 7.28

Hardcover. CNBC's David Faber takes an in-depth look at the causes and consequences of the recent financial collapse And Then the Roof Caved In lays bare the truth of the credit crisis, whose defining emotion at every turn has been greed, and whose defining failure is the complicity of the U.S. government in letting that greed rule the day. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: KCX; KF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 165 x 21. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780470474235
ISBN
9780470474235
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 23.27

Paperback. CNBC's David Faber takes an in-depth look at the causes and consequences of the recent financial collapse And Then the Roof Caved In lays bare the truth of the credit crisis, whose defining emotion at every turn has been greed, and whose defining failure is the complicity of the U.S. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KCX; KFFR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 144 x 16. Weight in Grams: 256.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780470607381
ISBN
9780470607381
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.56

Paperback. In Fleeced! David Craig and Matthew Elliott expose the 'guilty men': the politicians, bureaucrats and bankers who have brought this country to its knees. Num Pages: 304 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JMC; JP; KCX; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 195 x 131 x 23. Weight in Grams: 224.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Condition
New
SKU
KTG0021126
ISBN
9781849012867
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Hardback. Dealer banks - that is, large banks that deal in securities and derivatives, such as J P Morgan and Goldman Sachs - are of a size and complexity that sharply distinguish them from typical commercial banks. This book examines how these banks collapse and how we can prevent the need to bail them out. Num Pages: 112 pages, 13 line illus. 2 tables. BIC Classification: KCX; KFFK; KFFM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 217 x 147 x 15. Weight in Grams: 274.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
112
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691148854
ISBN
9780691148854
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.81

paperback. Num Pages: 291 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JMC; KCX; KFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
291
Condition
New
Edition
1st ed. 2016
SKU
V9781349575473
ISBN
9781349575473
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 127.73

Hardback. Aronoff challenges the conventional view that reckless credit produced the US housing boom and the financial crisis, explaining how the large current account deficit, and its mercantilist origin, was a more fundamental cause. Num Pages: 304 pages, 3 black & white tables, 76 figures. BIC Classification: 3JMC; KCX; KFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137553683
ISBN
9781137553683
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.84

Paperback. An eloquent exploration of the public's exclusion from political participation. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JPHV; KCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 19. Weight in Grams: 290.
Publisher
Verso Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844678631
ISBN
9781844678631
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 18.89

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