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Economic & financial crises & disasters

Paperback. Why do severe recessions happen? Could we have prevented the Great Recession and its consequences? And what actions are needed to prevent such crises going forward? This book offers convincing answers to some of the most important questions faced by the economy. Num Pages: 227 pages, 16 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JMC; KCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 378.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
First Edition, Enlarged
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226271651
ISBN
9780226271651
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.62

Paperback. One of the world's biggest and most successful banks, Lehman Brothers bank's downfall was the event that sparked the slide of the world economy toward a Great Depression II. This title presents the inside story of the dark characters who ruled Lehman and the crash that didn't have to happen. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KCX; KFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 25. Weight in Grams: 256.
Publisher
Ebury Publishing
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780091936150
ISBN
9780091936150
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.63

Paperback. The former Governor of the Bank of England argues for fundamental changes to the financial system in order to reduce the risk of a new crisis. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: KCX; KCY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 32. Weight in Grams: 366.
Publisher
Abacus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349140674
ISBN
9780349140674
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.99

Hardback. Num Pages: 296 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: KCA; KCB; KCX; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 150 x 21. Weight in Grams: 466.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780190621438
ISBN
9780190621438
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 21.01

Paperback. Investigates the presence of Chinese and Indian companies in Europe and the impact that the global financial crisis has had on their corporate behaviour and strategies. This title elaborates congruent case studies in traditional sectors (textile/clothing), or in new sectors (software for Chinese companies). Num Pages: 91 pages, b/w photos & maps. BIC Classification: KCLF; KCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 142 x 7. Weight in Grams: 154.
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
91
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845195083
ISBN
9781845195083
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.48

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
€ 19.69

Hardcover. In this illuminating and provocative work, Richard Vague argues that the rapid expansion of private debt-rather than public spending-is what constrains economic growth and triggers economic calamities like the financial crisis of 2008. Num Pages: 104 pages, 24 illus. BIC Classification: KCP; KCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
104
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812247046
ISBN
9780812247046
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.38

Paperback. On 26 January, 2009, during the depths of the financial crisis and having just completed five years as President of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, the author was sworn in by President Barack Obama as the seventy-fifth Secretary of the Treasury of the US. This book takes you behind the scenes during the darkest moments of the crisis. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; KCBM; KCL; KCX; KFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 40. Weight in Grams: 442.
Publisher
Cornerstone
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847941244
ISBN
9781847941244
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 15.04

Paperback. Distinctive and detailed account of the current economic crisis, identifying it as a crisis of capitalism caused by long-term falling profit rates. Num Pages: 256 pages, 59 graphs and 14 tables. BIC Classification: KCP; KCS; KCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 137 x 215 x 15. Weight in Grams: 314.
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745332390
ISBN
9780745332390
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.73

Paperback. Explains the causes of the world economic crisis and how we should respond to the challenges it brings. This book shows that although the downturn is global, the complacency of the British government towards the huge 'bubble' in property prices and high levels of personal debt has left Britain badly exposed. Num Pages: 188 pages. BIC Classification: KCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 133 x 15. Weight in Grams: 194. The World Economic Crisis and What it Means. 188 pages. Explains the causes of the world economic crisis and how we should respond to the challenges it brings. This book shows that although the downturn is global, the complacency of the British government towards the huge 'bubble' in property prices and high levels of personal debt has left Britain badly exposed. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: KCX. Dimension: 198 x 133 x 15. Weight: 188.
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Number of pages
188
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848870581
ISBN
9781848870581
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.01

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
€ 18.78

Paperback. Editor(s): Chossudovsky, Michel; Marshall, Andrew Gavin. Num Pages: 390 pages, figures, charts, graphs. BIC Classification: KCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 136 x 24. Weight in Grams: 470.
Publisher
Global Research, Centre for Research on Globalization Canada
Number of pages
390
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780973714739
ISBN
9780973714739
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.93

Paperback. Explains what has happened in Europe following the financial crash of 2008 as a case of neo-liberal economic shock doctrine. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1QFE; JP; KCP; KCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 151 x 13. Weight in Grams: 352.
Publisher
Pluto Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745334509
ISBN
9780745334509
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 22.94

Paperback. Editor(s): Tomohara, Akinori; Sherlock, Molly. Num Pages: 177 pages. BIC Classification: 3JM; KCX; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 167 x 12. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
177
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781614705970
ISBN
9781614705970
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 100.54
€ 70.08

Hardback. Workers experience an increasingly uncertain future and many have been forced to search for jobs in a highly competitive market. In this volume, we call upon the field's leading researchers to examine how economic conditions relate to occupational stress and well being. Editor(s): Perrewe, Pamela L.; Halbesleben, Jonathon R. B.; Rosen, Christopher C. Series Editor(s): Perrewe, Pamela L. Series: Research in Occupational Stress and Well Being. Num Pages: 370 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JMJ; KCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 34. Weight in Grams: 674.
Publisher
Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
370
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781900048
ISBN
9781781900048
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 156.45

Paperback. Series: Economics as Social Theory. Num Pages: 500 pages, 50 black & white illustrations, 1 black & white tables, 50 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: KCP; KCX; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 159 x 233 x 28. Weight in Grams: 756.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415687256
ISBN
9780415687256
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 81.61

Hardback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: KCX; KFFK; KFFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 163 x 26. Weight in Grams: 584.
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784993405
ISBN
9781784993405
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 32.88

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
€ 13.39

Paperback. Editor(s): Jenkins, Devin A.; Collins, Marlin I. Num Pages: 91 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: KCX; KFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 161 x 228 x 7. Weight in Grams: 178.
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
91
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781620817032
ISBN
9781620817032
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 93.45
€ 65.50

Paperback. The financial and economic crisis that began in 2008 is the most alarming of our lifetime because of the warp-speed at which it is occurring. This title presents a non-technical examination of this mother of various financial disasters and of the, as yet, stumbling efforts to cope with it. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JMC; KCL; KCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 183 x 122 x 27. Weight in Grams: 320.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674060395
ISBN
9780674060395
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.81

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