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Economic & financial crises & disasters
The Welfare State as Crisis Manager: Explaining the Diversity of Polic...
Starke, Peter, Kaasch, Alexandra, Van Hooren,...
Hardcover. This book presents an in-depth analysis of social policy reactions to international economic shocks in four different welfare states, over a 40-year period. It reveals how expansion and retrenchment are shaped by domestic politics and existing welfare state institutions. Series: Transformations of the State. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JKSB; KCR; KCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 144 x 19. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230285255
- ISBN
- 9780230285255
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.12
€ 67.12
Paperback. Throughout history, rich and poor countries alike have been lending, borrowing, crashing - and recovering - their way through an extraordinary range of financial crises. Each time, the experts have chimed, "this time is different". This book covers topics ranging from medieval currency debasements to today's subprime catastrophe. Num Pages: 512 pages, 62 line illus. 30 tables. BIC Classification: KCX; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 145 x 32. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691152646
- ISBN
- 9780691152646
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 23.73
€ 25.99
€ 23.73
Hardback. Wayne Hope highlights the incessant conflicts between real-time and clock time, presentism and temporality, coevalness and allochronism within global capitalism. He argues that these pervade global media, finance, political economies, workplaces and everyday life, and were central to the 2008 financial crisis. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JMC; GTC; JPA; KCP; KCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 455.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137443458
- ISBN
- 9781137443458
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.90
€ 66.90
Paperback. They were masters of the financial universe, flying in private jets and raking in billions. They thought they were too big to fail. This book gives an account of the most powerful men and women at the eye of the financial storm - from Lehman Brothers CEO Dick the gorilla Fuld, to AIG's Joseph Cassano, dubbed 'The Man Who Crashed the World'. Num Pages: 640 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JMC; KCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 30. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141043166
- ISBN
- 9780141043166
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.77
€ 23.99
€ 17.77
Hardback. Joseph Stiglitz examines the theory behind the economic downturns that have plagued our world in recent times. This fascinating three-part lecture acknowledges the failure of economic models to successfully predict the 2008 crisis and explores alternative models which, if adopted, could potentially restore a stable and prosperous economy. Series: International Economic Association. Num Pages: 77 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCB; KCS; KCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 8. Weight in Grams: 251.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 77
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137586902
- ISBN
- 9781137586902
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.58
€ 65.58
Transmission Channels of Financial Shocks to Stock, Bond, and Asset-Ba...
Fabbrini, Viola; Guidolin, Massimo; Pedio, Ma...
Hardback. This book uses modern linear and nonlinear econometric methods to characterize how shocks to the yield of risky fixed income securities, such as sub-prime asset-backed or low-credit rating sovereign bonds, are transmitted to the yields in other markets. Num Pages: 141 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCX; KFFH; KFFM2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 223 x 18. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 141
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137561381
- ISBN
- 9781137561381
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.13
€ 66.13
Hardcover. * This new book by one of the world s leading sociologists reflects on the major events of our time, from the financial crisis to the chaos in the eurozone, from the Arab uprisings to protests in Athens, Barcelona, New York and elsewhere. Num Pages: 140 pages. BIC Classification: 3JM; JFF; JP; KCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 217 x 19. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 140
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745653969
- ISBN
- 9780745653969
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.12
€ 54.12
Paperback. * This new book by one of the world s leading sociologists reflects on the major events of our time, from the financial crisis to the chaos in the eurozone, from the Arab uprisings to protests in Athens, Barcelona, New York and elsewhere. Num Pages: 140 pages. BIC Classification: 3JM; JFF; JP; KCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 15. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Polity
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 140
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745653976
- ISBN
- 9780745653976
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.71
€ 19.71
Hardback. Editor(s): Pempel, T. J.; Tsunekawa, Keiichi. Series: Cornell Studies in Political Economy. Num Pages: 280 pages, 32, 10 tables, 22 charts. BIC Classification: 1FP; KCP; KCX; KFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801453403
- ISBN
- 9780801453403
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 140.77
€ 140.77
Hardcover. Editor(s): Sauter, John C. Num Pages: 188 pages, tables & charts. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 257 x 181 x 17. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 188
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781607413547
- ISBN
- 9781607413547
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 205.55€ 140.92
€ 205.55
€ 140.92
Hardback. Series: Hoover Studies in Politics, Economics, and Society. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHV; KCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 160 x 15. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 136
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442201248
- ISBN
- 9781442201248
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.19
€ 70.19
Hardcover. As the tensions in the Greek economy take centre stage in the international headlines, this book examines the failed policies and political corruption that have bankrupted the nation. The authors comment on recent bailouts and haircuts and explore the uncertain future of Greece in the Eurozone. Num Pages: 327 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVG; JPH; KCP; KCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 145 x 21. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2nd Revised edition
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230237773
- ISBN
- 9780230237773
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.21
€ 67.21
Hardcover. What has gone wrong with economics? Economists now routinely devise highly sophisticated abstract models that score top marks for theoretical rigour but are clearly divorced from observable activities in the current economy. This creates an 'uneconomic economics', where models explain relationships in blackboard rather than real-life markets. Series: Building a Sustainable Political Economy: Speri Research & Policy. Num Pages: 118 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCA; KCL; KCP; KCX; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 147 x 19. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137385482
- ISBN
- 9781137385482
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.94
€ 65.94
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
Paperback. Featuring essays by Nobel laureate economists and an afterword by Richard Posner, this volume provides a comprehensive overview of the collapse of the global financial sector in 2008. It will be essential reading for anyone interested in the nature of modern capitalism and regulation. Editor(s): Friedman, Jeffrey. Num Pages: 376 pages, 36 illus. BIC Classification: KCS; KCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780812221183
- ISBN
- 9780812221183
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 38.84
€ 43.99
€ 38.84
Hardcover. Num Pages: 290 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: KCX; KFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 27. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Bloomberg Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781576603550
- ISBN
- 9781576603550
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 40.43
€ 51.99
€ 40.43
Paperback. Traces Treasury Secretary William Gibbs McAdoo's triumph over a monetary crisis at the outbreak of World War I that threatened the United States with financial disaster. This title recreates the drama of America's battle for financial credibility. Num Pages: 240 pages, 2 halftones. 16 line illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJC; KCA; KCX; KFFD; KFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 149 x 17. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691138763
- ISBN
- 9780691138763
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 31.19
€ 43.99
€ 31.19
Paperback. In responding to the financial crash of 2008, both the Bush Administration and the Obama Administration have relied on prescriptions developed by John Maynard Keynes, the most important economist since Marx. But should we be relying on Keynes? What did Keynes actually say? Did he make his case? This title concludes that he did not. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: KCA; KCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Axios Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781604190441
- ISBN
- 9781604190441
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.62
€ 15.62
Paperback. BBC Business Editor Robert Peston lifts the lid on credit crunch Britain and the rise of the super-rich. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JMC; KCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 24. Weight in Grams: 264. Clean copy in good to very good condition. Some light shelf wear.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- First Paperback Edit
- SKU
- KRF0006669
- ISBN
- 9780340839447
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. We are, to use a technical economic term, screwed. The cowboy capitalists had a party with everyone's money and now we're all paying for it. What went wrong? And will we learn our lesson - or just carry on as before, like celebrating surviving a heart attack with a packet of Rothmans? This book tells the true story of the economic crisis. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 3JMC; KCL; KCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 13. Weight in Grams: 194.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141045719
- ISBN
- 9780141045719
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.61
€ 15.99
€ 12.61
Hardback. Almost every country in the world has sophisticated systems to prevent banking crises. Yet, such crises remain common throughout the world. This title examines the causes of banking crises around the world, focusing on the lender of last resort; prudential regulation and the management of risk; and solvency regulations. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: KCX; KFFK; KNST. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 571.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691131467
- ISBN
- 9780691131467
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.43€ 74.99
€ 97.43
€ 74.99
The industrialized world has long been rocked by economic crises, often caused by policy makers who are guided by ideology rather than cold, hard analysis. WRONG examines the worst economic policy blunders of the last 250 years, providing a valuable guide book for policy makers.. and the citizens who elect them. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: KCA; KCX; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 209 x 30. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199322190
- ISBN
- 9780199322190
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 23.37
€ 31.99
€ 23.37
Hardcover. An in-depth look at the problems surrounding zombie banks and their dangerous effect on the global economy The title is worthy of a B movie, but it's also apt. Bloomberg News reporter Yalman Onaran, supported by former U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Series: Bloomberg. Num Pages: 184 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: KCX; KFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Bloomberg Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118094525
- ISBN
- 9781118094525
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 30.13
€ 37.99
€ 30.13