Argues that in its hubris, the financial sector has hijacked the American economy and put very global future at risk - and it may be too late to stop it.

A risk-prone, privatised profit-driven economic model overseen by a largely unaccountable, greedy and arrogant elite has resulted in one of the worst financial crises in history. This book lets you find out how an unregulated elite were able to run riot with your cash, and also find out how to stop it happening again.

Offers a look at surviving a modern market meltdown. This guide reveals that the hazards of democratic consumer capitalism and the financial follies of history are not a thing of the past-but an ongoing issue with no end in sight. It also discusses what's behind all the financial turbulence, and what you can do to safeguard your investments.

Looks at the causes and consequences of financial collapse. This book begins in 2001, when the Federal Reserve embarked on an unprecedented effort to help the economy recover from the attacks of 9/11 by sending interest rates to all time lows. It looks at where the crisis was incubated and unleashed upon the world.

A detailed but plain language analysis of the credit crises of 2007/8 the Northern Rock situation and the collapse of other banks in the UK, USA and Europe.

Tells the story of individuals - their ambitions, limitations and human nature - which lie at the heart of global catastrophe. This book features the four bankers who truly broke the world: Norman Montagu of the bank of England, Benjamin Strong of the NY Federal Reserve, Hjalmar Schacht of the Reichsbanlk and Emile Moreau of the Banque de France.

Financial disasters often have long-range institutional consequences. This work explains why such financial crises occur, why their effects last so long, and what political and economic conditions can help countries both rich and poor survive - and even prosper - in the aftermath.

What have we learned from the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis? Do Thailand's problems suggest that other countries have not learned the appropriate lessons, nor implemented sufficiently corrective measures? This book provides an overview of developments in the main affected countries during the 1997 Asian financial crisis.

The sixth edition of Manias, Panics and Crashes, is a scholarly and entertaining account, highlighting the four waves of credit bubbles in the last thirty years. Most of these countries that have experienced a bubble also have received money from abroad, which has led to an appreciation of their currencies and an increase in asset prices.

Investigates the origins and implications of securitization crisis. This book offers an integrated series of case studies drawn from the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia. It charts what went wrong within the investment houses and why the regulatory systems failed.

Traces the origins of financial crisis and the rise of sub prime mortgages. This book explains the complicated financial instruments and rationalizations that are used to justify sub prime mortgages. It illustrates how changes in the real estate markets ultimately led to a crisis situation in the sub prime mortgage market.

In 2007 a series of events struck the economy like an earthquake. Leading academic Andrew Gamble provides a lively and readable guide to the events and consequences of the current global economic and political crises. He sets the crisis in historical context, explains why it has happened, analyses the global cost and assesses possible solutions.

Offering insight into how the financial system works and how the credit crisis arose, this book provides a comprehensive account of the credit crunch that is easily understandable to non-specialists. It explains how the financial system was drawn into the crunch and the issues that need to be addressed to prevent further disasters.

Reviews the experiences of economic crises and their resolutions in Korea since 1960s. This book examines each crisis and concludes that the factors that caused one previous crisis later brought about another crisis repeatedly.

Throughout the 1990s, numerous financial crises rocked the world financial sector. The Asian bubble burst, for example; Argentina and Brazil suffered currency crises; and the post-Soviet economy bottomed out in Russia. In Financial Crises , a distinguished group of economists and policy analysts examine and draw lessons from attempts to recover from past crises.

The financial and economic crisis that began in 2008 is the most alarming of our lifetime, if only because of the warp-speed at which it is occurring. How could it have happened, especially after all that we've learned from the Great Depression? This title presents a non-technical examination of this mother of all financial disasters.

In easy to understand terms and journalistic style, Read describes the reasons for global financial unrest arising from the sub-prime mortgage crisis and economic meltdowns. He walks the reader through a number of topics in economics and connects these topics to real world financial problems concluding with recommendations for the future.

Presents an account of the 1907 crisis and its management. This book is of interest to banking theorists, financial historians, and business school and economics students.

A critical consideration in understanding business cycles is the amplification and propagation of shocks to the economic system. Many recessions seem to arise without a clearly identifiable cause or at least one of significant magnitude to justify an economy-wide recession. This book provides research on the field of recessions.