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Economic & financial crises & disasters

Hardcover. The world economy is caught in a money trap. Existing monetary arrangements meet the needs neither of the ageing societies of the West nor of younger emerging economies. This in-depth analysis explains how the world got into the grip of global finance - and how it can escape, with a growing demand for reform. Num Pages: 354 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCLF; KCX; KFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 222 x 24. Weight in Grams: 530.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230392748
ISBN
9780230392748
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 150.43

Paperback. The book, which has an extended new Preface, examines the policies of central banks, financial regulators and private sector financial institutions in the development and management of the global financial crisis. Num Pages: 354 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCX; KFFK; KFFL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 214 x 138 x 21. Weight in Grams: 452.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137366900
ISBN
9781137366900
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.16

Hardback. The spirited and measured memoir of Walter Bagehot, had he left one Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: BGH; KCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 146 x 25. Weight in Grams: 460.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300195545
ISBN
9780300195545
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 25.06

Hardcover. Spain is at the epicentre of a crisis that threatens the future of the Eurozone. This book explains the deep historical and structural roots of the current crisis in Spain. It analyses the nexus between European circuits of financial capital, urbanisation, and the emergent dynamics of state austerity and popular revolt. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 196 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DSE; JPS; JPWF; KCP; KCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 364.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137319937
ISBN
9781137319937
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.64

Hardcover. This book examines the effectiveness of surveillance by international institutions for financial crisis prevention. It discusses issues relating to designing effective micro- and macro-prudential policies, their mixes and their coordination with monetary policies for achieving financial stability while promoting better macroeconomic performance. Editor(s): Shigehara, Kumiharu. Num Pages: 241 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCB; KCX; KFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 141 x 19. Weight in Grams: 414.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137471468
ISBN
9781137471468
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.64

Hardcover. When the global financial system crashed, governments in America and Britain perfomed the greatest bailout in history. The legacy is record government debt, low growth and a new era of austerity. A stellar cast of contributors, including Tim Bale, Wyn Grant and Graham Wilson provide a sophisticated account of how the administrations are faring. Editor(s): Casey, Terrence. Num Pages: 306 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DB; 1KBB; JPB; JPHF; KCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 163 x 22. Weight in Grams: 488.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230304581
ISBN
9780230304581
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.87

When the global financial system crashed, governments in America and Britain perfomed the greatest bailout in history. The legacy is record government debt, low growth and a new era of austerity. A stellar cast of contributors, including Tim Bale, Wyn Grant and Graham Wilson provide a sophisticated account of how the administrations are faring. Editor(s): Casey, Terrence. Num Pages: 312 pages, 8 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; JPB; JPHF; JPP; KCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 163 x 17. Weight in Grams: 384.
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230304598
ISBN
9780230304598
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.07

Hardcover. Why was the Italian Banking System more resilient during the sub-prime crisis and harder-hit in the sovereign crisis? Will their strength in the retail market result as an asset or a liability for Italian banks in the future? This book offers an in-depth analysis of one of the most important EU banking systems its attempts to weather the crisis. Editor(s): Cosma, Stefano; Gualandri, Elisabetta. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Banking and Financial Institutions. Num Pages: 240 pages, 50 black & white tables, 32 figures. BIC Classification: 1DST; KCS; KCX; KFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 143 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230343146
ISBN
9780230343146
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.58

Paperback. Responses to the financial crash of 2008 by a unique combination of scholars (primarily economists and political philosophers) and actual players in the world of finance-including from Wall Street, from watchdog nonprofit organizations seeking to monitor Wall Street, and from the U.S. Treasury itself. Editor(s): Berkowitz, Roger. Num Pages: 232 pages, 20 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: KCA; KCX; KFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 165 x 15. Weight in Grams: 326.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823249619
ISBN
9780823249619
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

Hardback. This book explores the consequences of the inexorable evolution of financialisation through examining the origins of financial crises in three very different emerging economies in the 1990s - Mexico, Brazil and Korea. It is demonstrated that countries suffered from crisis as an unavoidable outcome of their finansialisation. Num Pages: 215 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCB; KCL; KCM; KCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 405.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
215
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137553638
ISBN
9781137553638
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 160.53

Hardcover. The Global Financial Crisis of 2007-2009 has highlighted the resilience of the financial markets and economies from the developing world. This title investigates and assesses the impact and response to the crisis from an emerging markets perspective including asset pricing, contagion, financial intermediation, market structure and regulation. Editor(s): Batten, Jonathan; Szilagyi, Peter G. Series Editor(s): Thornton, Robert; Aronson, J. Richard. Series: Contemporary Studies in Economic & Financial Analysis. Num Pages: 732 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: KCX; KFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 163 x 59. Weight in Grams: 1238.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
732
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857247537
ISBN
9780857247537
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 181.85

Hardcover. This book examines the role that the IMF has played in the management of financial crises in developed nations. The topic is of particular significance in light of the global financial crisis that emerged following the collapse of American sub-prime mortgage markets in 2007, and the subsequent sovereign debt problems of many Western states. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; KCLF; KCP; KCX; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 150 x 221 x 19. Weight in Grams: 430.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230300651
ISBN
9780230300651
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.66

Hardback. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Banking and Financial Institutions. Num Pages: 349 pages, 23 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DNC; KCX; KFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 220 x 26. Weight in Grams: 604.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
349
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137394545
ISBN
9781137394545
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 194.92

Hardcover. How top traders made huge profits during the most momentous market events of the past century Financial and commodity markets are characterized by periodic crashes and upside explosions. In retrospect, the reasons behind these abrupt movements often seem very clear, but generally few people understand what's happening at the time. Series: Wiley Trading. Num Pages: 166 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: KCX; KCZ; KFFM2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
166
Condition
New
SKU
V9780470645994
ISBN
9780470645994
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 36.59

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: KCL; KCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 17. Weight in Grams: 242.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Updated edition with a New Preface
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691163628
ISBN
9780691163628
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 18.04

Hardback. The identity of society's borrowers has changed: households and banks are borrowing more, businesses are borrowing less. As we shift toward consumer- and finance-driven growth, instability, indebtedness, and inequality have risen. This book explains this transformation and examines how some countries have approached it. Num Pages: 293 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 146 x 24. Weight in Grams: 498.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137548726
ISBN
9781137548726
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.33

Hardback. Understanding the American stock market boom and bust of the 1920s is vital for formulating policies to combat the potentially deleterious effects of busts on the economy. Using new data, Kabiri explains what led to the 1920s stock market boom and 1929 crash and looks at whether 1929 was a bubble or not and whether it could have been anticipated. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Finance. Num Pages: 251 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; KCX; KCZ; KFFM2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
251
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137372888
ISBN
9781137372888
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.87

Paperback. Addresses the central economic event of the century, the Great Depression. This book argues that the Federal Reserve could have stemmed the severity of the Depression, but failed to exercise its role of managing the monetary system and ameliorating banking panics. Num Pages: 320 pages, 8 line illus. 2 tables. BIC Classification: 3JJG; KCX; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 214 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 356.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691137940
ISBN
9780691137940
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 31.19

Hardcover. Editor(s): Gallagher, John P.; Wilkins, Emmett C. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; KCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 259 x 180 x 18. Weight in Grams: 596.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781614703174
ISBN
9781614703174
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 168.71
€ 116.23

Hardcover. The reason for the depth the 2008's global depression lies in the intractability of modern economic systems. This has led to an emergence of unprecedented migratory patterns, the analysis and management of which is key to economic recovery. Num Pages: 355 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFN; JFFS; KCL; KCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 144 x 26. Weight in Grams: 556.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230303560
ISBN
9780230303560
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.24

Hardcover. German bestseller about the best ways to protect oneself financially from the threats posed by government?s interference in the economy

After the bursting of the real estate bubble, the U.S. pushed a monetary and fiscal policy that is, at best, blatantly wrong and, at worst, carries enormous financial risk. Num Pages: 230 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 418.

Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
Number of pages
230
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780470767238
ISBN
9780470767238
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 26.83

Hardcover. The book reveals how the Global Credit Bubble and Bust of 2003-10 stemmed from giant monetary disequilibrium created by the Federal Reserve. Almost continually that institution has pursued flawed monetary practice and principle which has mutated into Bernanke-ism. The book dissects this and shows how it threatens the return of economic prosperity. Num Pages: 196 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCBM; KCX; KFFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 144 x 18. Weight in Grams: 376. Manifesto for a Second Monetarist Revolution. 200 pages. The book reveals how the Global Credit Bubble and Bust of 2003-10 stemmed from giant monetary disequilibrium created by the Federal Reserve. Almost continually that institution has pursued flawed monetary practice and principle which has mutated into Bernanke-ism. The book dissects this and shows how it threatens the return of economic prosperity. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: KCBM; KCX; KFFD. Dimension: 219 x 144 x 18. Weight: 376.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230290273
ISBN
9780230290273
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.82

Paperback. This revised edition offers the most up-to-date advice for investors who wish to defend themselves, or even make a profit from, the blighted policies of the Federal Reserve. Dr. Brown demonstrates how disordered US monetary policy causes waves of economic destruction around the globe. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KCBM; KCX; KFFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 13. Weight in Grams: 312.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
Second Edition, Revised
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137297396
ISBN
9781137297396
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.08

Hardcover. Global crises not only deeply impact the economy and people's livelihoods, they also unsettle basic ideas and assumptions about the meaning and drivers of development. This collection of theoretical and empirical studies explores the substance and politics of policy change following the 2007/8 crisis from the perspective of developing countries. Editor(s): Utting, Peter; Razavi, Shahra; Varghese Buchholz, Rebecca. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 312 pages, 11 black & white tables, 12 figures. BIC Classification: GTF; JPS; KCP; KCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 142 x 22. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230297821
ISBN
9780230297821
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.36

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