'After the Credit Crunch' examines the global context in which the UK must compete, and Redwood argues that we need to understand and adjust to the changing balance of power between the commodity producers on the one hand, and the manufacturers and consumers on the other.

The mortgage meltdown: what went wrong and how do we fix it. This book explores what went wrong in critical areas, including securitization, loan origination practices, regulation and supervision, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, leverage and accounting practices, and the rating agencies.

With the housing markets unravelling daily and distress signals flying throughout the rest of the economy, there is little doubt that we are facing a fierce recession. This work explains the arcane financial instruments, the chicanery, the policy mis-judgments, the dogmas, and the delusions that created the greatest credit bubble in world history.

The book is based on the papers and proceedings of a conference held in Bad Homberg, West Germany, in May 1979.

The turbulence of the stock market and the housing market in the early years of the 21st century have demonstrated the dangers of tying society too closely to financial markets. Managed by the Markets provides a guide to how we got here and unpacks the consequences of linking the well-being of society too closely to financial markets.

This book explains the links between past and present oil crises, financial crises, and geopolitical conflicts.

Focuses on the regulatory response to the financial crisis. This book explains that there are two main attributes that a bank needs to remain in business during a period of turmoil, liquidity to enable it to pay its debts when due, and capital, to absorb losses - both have been insufficient. This book describes what went wrong.

The inside story of the bank behind the record-breaking takeover that triggered the meltdown of Europe's banking system.

Argues that we must restore genuine decision making to our financial planning, and shows us how to do it using probability, experimental psychology, and decision theory. This book offers a solution that seeks to remind us that managing risk comes down to real people making decisions under uncertainty.

How bad will the recession get? This title shows that the key is not more big government, but deploying our unique capacity for innovation through private-public partnerships. It calls for a modern New Deal that develops twenty-first century industries such as biotechnology, alternative energy and nanotechnology.

Traces the rise in power and wealth of America's largest investment banks and brokerage houses beginning in 2002. This work shows how and why several of these institutions have suffered staggering losses in assets and influence since then, triggering the vast financial crisis that is devastating individual and institutional wallets through the US.

Explores the role of political factors in the occurrence of currency crises, using an eclectic approach that blends case studies, theoretical discussion, and econometric analysis.

This book explains the links between past and present oil crises, financial crises, and geopolitical conflicts.

Why Main Street blames financial speculation for economic crashes Disdain for short selling is as American as apple pie, dating back to our nation's founding. But as Bob Sloan argues in Don't Blame the Shorts, short selling lies at the heart of every Wall Street transaction and fuels the financial system. Sloan explains that without shorting, credit in high-yield, distressed, convertible bonds ...

Examines nine key disasters with international or global implications. This book discusses the First and Second World Wars, the great depression, oil shocks, inflation, financial crises, stock market crashes, the collapse of the Soviet command economy and Third World disasters.

Examines how China's growing power destabilized the world economy. This book illustrates how the western world attributed China's role as world's largest financer of the developed world and third largest economy in the world to new economic efficiencies.

The inside story of the record-breaking takeover that triggered the meltdown of the banking system and which has come to symbolise the worst excesses of the credit crunch.

The definitive inside account of the global financial meltdown from the former US Treasury Secretary, Hank Paulson

Examines the effects of the Great Depression on the Nordic states in the interwar years, focusing on commercial and monetary policies but also important industries such as forestry, agriculture and fishing.