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Economic & financial crises & disasters

Hardback.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
152
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691145235
ISBN
9780691145235
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 36.45

paperback. It was Wall Street's toughest investment bank, taking risks where others feared to tread, run by testosterone-fuelled gamblers who hung a sign saying 'let's make nothing but money' over the trading floor. This book tells the outrageous story of how Wall Street's entire house of cards came crashing down. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JMC; KCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 414.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141039596
ISBN
9780141039596
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.64

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. Num Pages: 368 pages, 3 halftones. 26 line illus. 11 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPA; JPHV; KCP; KCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 147 x 225 x 23. Weight in Grams: 474.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691165721
ISBN
9780691165721
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 25.06

Hardback. Hardie investigates the link between the financialization - defined as the ability to trade risk - and the capacity of emerging market governments to borrow from private markets. He considers the government bond markets in Brazil, Lebanon and Turkey and includes interviews with 126 financial market actors. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 232 pages, 16 black & white tables, 3 figures. BIC Classification: JPQB; KCP; KCX; KFFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 144 x 18. Weight in Grams: 392.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
232
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
2012 ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230360556
ISBN
9780230360556
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.61

Paperback. Euro Crash diagnoses the three fatal design flaws in EMU as constructed by the Maastricht Treaty and analyses future likely monetary scenarios for Europe, demonstrating how the best of these would be the creation of a new narrow monetary union between France and Germany founded on strict monetarist principle and without a European Central Bank. Num Pages: 218 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFE; KCBM; KCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 140 x 214 x 12. Weight in Grams: 286.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
2nd edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230368491
ISBN
9780230368491
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 126.68

Hardback. This book addresses three main dimensions of risk management in emerging markets: 1) the effectiveness of risk management practices; 2) current issues and challenges in risk assessment and modelling in emerging market countries; 3) the responses of emerging markets to the recent financial crises and the design of risk management models. Num Pages: 752 pages. BIC Classification: KCM; KCX; KFF; KJMV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 162 x 238 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1144.
Publisher
Emerald Publishing Limited
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781786354525
ISBN
9781786354525
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 152.22

Paperback. A good-humoured, informative and revealing account of Greece's dire troubles, reported through the stories of the people that define the country today. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVG; 3JMG; HBJD; HBLX; KCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 210 x 35. Weight in Grams: 326.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784975036
ISBN
9781784975036
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.94

Paperback. The global financial crisis of 2008 ushered in a system of informal decision-making in the grey zone between economics and politics. Legitimized by a rhetoric of emergency, ad hoc bodies have usurped democratically elected governments. Translator(s): Garnett, Simon. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: KCP; KCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781509509300
ISBN
9781509509300
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.81

Hardback. From bank bailouts to austerity, Europe's and Ireland's response to the economic crisis has been engineered specifically to shift the burden of paying for the crisis onto ordinary citizens while investors, financiers, bankers and the privileged are protected. The authors expose the class-based nature of Ireland's crisis resolution. Num Pages: 224 pages, 8 figures, 3 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1DBR; KCM; KCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 17. Weight in Grams: 388.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st ed. 2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137468758
ISBN
9781137468758
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.66

Paperback. How did we get to where we are? This title shows that the roots of our financial failure lie not with individuals, but with an idea - the idea that markets are inherently rational. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: KCA; KCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 306.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
New Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141036519
ISBN
9780141036519
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPQB; KCX; KFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 202 x 17. Weight in Grams: 252.
Publisher
Random House USA Inc United States
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
8.7.2011 edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780385529969
ISBN
9780385529969
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.06

Paperback. The reputation of the financial industry could hardly be worse than it is today in the painful aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis. This title explains how people in financial careers - from CEO, investment manager, and banker to insurer, lawyer, and regulator - can and do manage, protect, and increase these assets. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: KCG; KCP; KCX; KFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 438.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
312
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
With a New preface by the author
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691158099
ISBN
9780691158099
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 24.82

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. This topical book considers the economic, political and social consequences of the economic crisis, the nature of social protection and the dynamics of the current crisis of regulation. It is unique in documenting how economic and social welfare are inconsistent with corporate freedom. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFF; JKVK; JPQB; KCX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 164 x 241 x 20. Weight in Grams: 576.
Publisher
Policy Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447313755
ISBN
9781447313755
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.70

Paperback. Provides an analysis of the forces behind the economic crisis. This title challenges the core principles of economic orthodoxy, explaining why financial markets do not obey the efficient market principles but are instead inherently unstable and habitually crisis prone. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: KCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 380.
Publisher
Harriman House Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
242
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906659578
ISBN
9781906659578
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 15.42

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. It is politicians not bankers that must take most of the blame for 2008 financial collapse. This is an unusual analysis that cannot be ignored. It was the credit crunch that exposed the frailties of a failed economic experiment. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: KCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 144 x 8. Weight in Grams: 206.
Publisher
Comerford & Miller
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781871204285
ISBN
9781871204285
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.10

Paperback. The gripping story of the financial revolution known as 'Big Bang', which transformed international business and changed our world, for fans of Michael Lewis' bestselling The Big Short and Liaquat Ahamed's prizewinning Lords of Finance. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; KCX; KCY; KFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473625105
ISBN
9781473625105
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.92

Hardback. Editor(s): Talani, Leila Simona. Num Pages: 224 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, 8 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; KCB; KCP; KCS; KCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 310 x 21. Weight in Grams: 438.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137577061
ISBN
9781137577061
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 160.69

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