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Economic & financial crises & disasters
Hardback. This new book will provide an extensive analysis of the role of the Federal Reserve in contributing to the crisis through its low interest-rate policy during 2002-2006, and in dealing with the crisis under Bernanke with his aggressive and innovative policies implemented in the wake of the Lehman collapse in September 2008. Num Pages: 282 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JMC; JPQB; KCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 282
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230108462
- ISBN
- 9780230108462
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.15
€ 67.15
Hardcover. A rare analytical look at the financial crisis using simple analysis The economic crisis that began in 2008 revealed the numerous problems in our financial system, from the way mortgage loans were produced to the way Wall Street banks leveraged themselves. Series: Bloomberg. Num Pages: 512 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: KCX; KFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 165 x 40. Weight in Grams: 828.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Bloomberg Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 478
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118250020
- ISBN
- 9781118250020
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 32.77
€ 41.99
€ 32.77
Hardcover. Origins, Impacts and Policy Implications. 304 pages, Illustrations, maps. Editor(s): Lee, David R.; Ndulo, M. B. Focuses on food and financial crises as they have affected Africa, illustrating the problems using country case studies that cover their origins, effects on agriculture and rural poverty, their underlying factors and making recommendations as to how such crises could best be addressed. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1HF; JFFA; KCX; KNAC. Dimension: 252 x 179 x 25. Weight: 832.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- CABI
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845938284
- ISBN
- 9781845938284
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 134.14
€ 134.14
Paperback. By comparing the policies the international community requested the IMF to follow in the aftermath of the Mexican, Asian and subprime crises, the book traces the evolution of the international regulatory framework from an agent-centered constructivist perspective. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 227 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPS; KCP; KCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 140 x 213 x 13. Weight in Grams: 294. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- SKU
- KRA0005083
- ISBN
- 9780230367951
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. Building on the impressive first edition, this revised and updated book examines a wide range of highly topical issues. Dr Panic questions whether economic prosperity, social wellbeing and peace are sustainable given existing national attitudes, institutions and policies, and explores the changes needed to prevent another global economic collapse. Num Pages: 328 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFFS; KCL; KCR; KCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 24. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230273610
- ISBN
- 9780230273610
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.51
€ 67.51
Hardback. Series: Building a Sustainable Political Economy: Speri Research & Policy. Num Pages: 140 pages, 7 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JP; KCX; KFFH; KJG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 140
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319527819
- ISBN
- 9783319527819
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.10
€ 106.10
Hardback. Subprime Cities: The Political Economy of Mortgage Markets presents a collection of works from social scientists that offer insights into what is happening in today's mortgage market including the causes, effects, and aftermath of the 'subprime' mortgage crisis. Editor(s): Aalbers, Manuel B. Series: Studies in Urban and Social Change. Num Pages: 360 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: KCP; KCX; KFFL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 22. Weight in Grams: 596.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444337761
- ISBN
- 9781444337761
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.61
€ 79.61
Hardback. EPUB Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 227 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPS; KCP; KCX; KFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 146 x 13. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 227
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230236875
- ISBN
- 9780230236875
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.64
€ 66.64
Paperback. An in-depth look at the origins and development of the current financial crisis, from an economist and Washington insider. Jarsulic explains how a wide array of financial institutions, including mortgage banks, commercial banks, and investment banks created a credit bubble that supported nonprime mortgage lending and helped to inflate house prices. Num Pages: 199 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JM; KCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 12. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 199
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137032621
- ISBN
- 9781137032621
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. Through the tools of economics, Annunziata's vivid and gripping book shows how the global financial crisis was caused by a failure of leadership and common sense in which we all played a role. The insights of this clear and compelling analysis are essential for learning the right lessons from the crisis, and seeing new threats around the corner. Series: Finance and Capital Markets Series. Num Pages: 245 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JM; KCLF; KCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 168 x 239 x 20. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230282810
- ISBN
- 9780230282810
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 194.41
€ 194.41
Hardcover. As national leaders struggle to revive their economies, the people of Europe face a stark reality, which has created an opportunity for local leaders and citizen movers and shakers to rise to the occasion to spur revitalization from the bottom up. The author offers a six-point plan to prosperity. Series: Palgrave Advances in Regional and Urban Economics. Num Pages: 308 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; KCM; KCP; KCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 146 x 23. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137427045
- ISBN
- 9781137427045
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.57
€ 67.57
Paperback. In Austerity: The History of a Dangerous Idea, Mark Blyth, a renowned scholar of political economy, provides a powerful and trenchant account of the shift toward austerity policies by governments throughout the world since 2009. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JPQB; KCX; KCY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 216 x 22. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199389445
- ISBN
- 9780199389445
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.19
€ 18.99
€ 15.19
Hardback. This collection of essays by prominent economists and philosophers showcases the important contributions that markets can make to important topics within social economics, including practical issues such as poverty and disaster relief, as well as more general concerns regarding ethics and well-being. Editor(s): White, Mark D. Num Pages: 213 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCA; KCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 213
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230102491
- ISBN
- 9780230102491
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.61
€ 66.61
Hardcover. Series: Bloomberg. Num Pages: 174 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: KCX; KFFL; KFFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 164 x 18. Weight in Grams: 448. How Greed and Collusion Made the Credit Crisis Unstoppable. Series: Bloomberg. 192 pages, Illustrations. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: KCX; KFFL; KFFM. Dimension: 236 x 164 x 18. Weight: 448.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Bloomberg Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781576603468
- ISBN
- 9781576603468
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 23.42
€ 27.99
€ 23.42
Hardcover. Dealing with high-stakes risk potentials is dependent on getting to grips with easy to understand, yet difficult to apply, criteria for decision. With a fresh, honest approach, this book shows why scientific assessments of catastrophic risk based on averages don't work, and sets the stage for making the tough choice between precaution and fatalism. Num Pages: 181 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCX; KJMV1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 161 x 15. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230013520
- ISBN
- 9780230013520
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.16
€ 127.16
Hardcover. Monetary Policy and the Onset of the Great Depression challenges Milton Friedman and Anna Schwartz's now consensus view that the high tide of the Federal Reserve System in the 1920s was due to the leadership skills of Benjamin Strong, head of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Num Pages: 233 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; KCBM; KCX; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 164 x 18. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137372543
- ISBN
- 9781137372543
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardback. Investigates three sets of questions raised by the economic downturn. The first concerns issues of ethics and social responsibility in economic policymaking and in business and finance, secondly how the costs of the downturn have fallen within the population; and lastly the rise of unmet basic needs. Editor(s): Starr, Martha A. Series: Perspectives from Social Economics. Num Pages: 284 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCF; KCR; KCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 137 x 20. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230105317
- ISBN
- 9780230105317
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.19
€ 67.19
Paperback. Presents analysis of the economic course of the last seven years. This book identifies the origin of the crisis in the complex interaction between globalization, hugely destabilizing global imbalances and our dangerously fragile financial system. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: KCX; KCY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 26. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Publisher
- PENGUIN BOOKS
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780718197964
- ISBN
- 9780718197964
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
Hardcover. Japan's Great Stagnation and Abenomics chronicles Japan's Great Stagnation and reveals the striking similarities of economic events and policies between the Great Stagnation and the current Great Recession. It also suggests possible dangers ahead and way-outs in the future. Num Pages: 224 pages, 24 figures, 3 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; KCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 149 x 223 x 21. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137438843
- ISBN
- 9781137438843
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 160.58
€ 160.58
Paperback. * This is a work of real quality on an immensely important topic - i.e. why the current financial crisis came about and what we can and should do to reform the financial system. Num Pages: 300 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: KCX; KFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 162 x 26. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745651118
- ISBN
- 9780745651118
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.54
€ 32.54