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Hardcover. Along with its painful economic costs, the financial crisis of 2008 raised concerns over the future of international policy making. This book includes contributions that consider the ways in which the global economic order might address the challenges of globalization that have arisen over the years and has intensified by the recent crisis. Editor(s): Feenstra, Robert C.; Taylor, Alan M. Series: National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report. Num Pages: 552 pages, 57 line drawings. BIC Classification: 3JM; JFFS; KCL; KCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 703.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
552
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226030753
ISBN
9780226030753
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 115.01
€ 95.63

Paperback. The financial tsunami has been followed by a political flood of rhetoric, accompanied by finger-pointing in all directions. Who was really responsible? What set this off? Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: KCX; KFFR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 320.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Basic Books
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780465019861
ISBN
9780465019861
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.57

Paperback. Jim Wallis hands us a new moral compass to help us out of the economic crisis Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HRC; KCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 176.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
John Murray Press
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444701722
ISBN
9781444701722
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.73

Hardback. 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: KCX; KCY; KFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 166 x 242 x 33. Weight in Grams: 594.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473625068
ISBN
9781473625068
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 22.11

Paperback. The Republic of Ireland, which declared itself in 1949, allowed the Catholic Church to dominate its civil society and education system. Investment by American and European companies, and a welcoming tax regime, created the 'Celtic Tiger' of the 1990s. That brief burst of good fortune was destroyed by a corrupt political class. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JMC; JPH; KCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 195 x 126 x 19. Weight in Grams: 220.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571270095
ISBN
9780571270095
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.70

Paperback. In Fleeced! David Craig and Matthew Elliott expose the 'guilty men': the politicians, bureaucrats and bankers who have brought this country to its knees. Num Pages: 304 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JMC; JP; KCX; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 195 x 131 x 23. Weight in Grams: 224.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Condition
New
SKU
KTG0021126
ISBN
9781849012867
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Hardback. Series: Routledge Library Editions: The Economics and Politics of Oil and Gas. Num Pages: 124 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJPL; KCL; KCP; KCX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138641860
ISBN
9781138641860
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 146.46

Hardback. The idea was simple: pack a suitcase, go to another city where you have no connections and try to find a job, anonymously. That was the idea that took Florence Aubenas - one of France's most accomplished undercover journalists - on a journey into the worst recession since the Great Depression. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: JFFA; KCFM; KCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 19. Weight in Grams: 412.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745651996
ISBN
9780745651996
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.67

Paperback. How A Powerful Elite Destroyed Ireland's Wealth Num Pages: 320 pages, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBR; KCX; KFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 154 x 26. Weight in Grams: 448. Good clean copy showing some shelf wear, minor nicks and bumps to cover and slight foxing to page edges but internally is a good copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Hachette Books Ireland
Condition
Used, Good
Edition
UK ed.
SKU
KSS0015106
ISBN
9780340994825
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

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

€ 13.99
€ 10.71

Paperback. CNBC's David Faber takes an in-depth look at the causes and consequences of the recent financial collapse And Then the Roof Caved In lays bare the truth of the credit crisis, whose defining emotion at every turn has been greed, and whose defining failure is the complicity of the U.S. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KCX; KFFR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 144 x 16. Weight in Grams: 256.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780470607381
ISBN
9780470607381
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 14.91

Paperback. As the global economy struggles to avoid meltdown, so the greatest Ponzi scheme in history approaches its final death rattle. This book tells you what's happened, what can happen next and how to protect yourself and your family. Num Pages: 448 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JM; KCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 28. Weight in Grams: 316.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Black Swan
Condition
New
SKU
9780552778275
ISBN
9780552778275
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.00

Hardcover. The recent financial crisis had a profound effect on both public and private universities. Universities responded to these stresses in different ways. This volume presents new evidence on the nature of these responses and how the incentives and constraints facing different institutions affected their behavior. Editor(s): Brown, Jeffrey R.; Hoxby, Caroline. Series: National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report. Num Pages: 360 pages, 8 halftones, 54 line drawings, 49 tables. BIC Classification: JNM; KCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 240 x 30. Weight in Grams: 600.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226201832
ISBN
9780226201832
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 107.11
€ 89.36

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: KCL; KCX; KFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 233 x 30. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780241189207
ISBN
9780241189207
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.52

Paperback. A radical look at the Irish austerity measures and the attempts to prop up business and the banks at the expense of ordinary citizens, left to bear the brunt of conditions they did not cause. Many of these contributors predicted Ireland's rapid cyle of boom and bust, even at the height of the Celtic Tiger boom. Editor(s): Coulter, Colin; Nagle, Angela. Num Pages: 312 pages, Tables, black & white|Graphs. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JM; JPQB; KCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 504.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780719091995
ISBN
9780719091995
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.25

Hardcover. Assesses how social democratic parties have responded, at the national as well as at the European Union level, to the 2008 financial crash Editor(s): Bailey, David J.; De Waele, Jean-Michel; Escalona, Fabien; Vieira, Mathieu. Num Pages: 304 pages, 8 tables. BIC Classification: 1D; 1QFE; JPFF; JPL; KCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 149 x 27. Weight in Grams: 610.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780719091957
ISBN
9780719091957
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 7.28

Hardback. The financial crisis of 2008 aroused widespread interest in banking and financial history. Contributions to this volume analyse banking and financial history in a long-term comparative perspective. Lessons drawn from these analyses may well help future generations of policy makers avoid a repeat of the financial turbulence that erupted in 2008. Editor(s): Cassis, Youssef; Grossman, Ricahrd S.; Schenk, Catherine R. Series: Oxford Handbooks. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: KCX; KF; KFFK; KJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 184 x 335 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1110.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
560
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199658626
ISBN
9780199658626
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 175.08

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393338829
ISBN
9780393338829
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.79

Paperback. * This is a work of real quality on an immensely important topic - i.e. why the current financial crisis came about and what we can and should do to reform the financial system. Num Pages: 300 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: KCX; KFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 162 x 26. Weight in Grams: 516.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745651118
ISBN
9780745651118
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.01

Hardcover. The coming financial apocalypse and what government and individuals can do to insulate themselves against the worst shocks In this controversial book a noted adherent of Austrian School of Economics theories advances the thesis that the United States is fast approaching the end stage of the biggest asset bubble in history. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: KCX; KFFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 530.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118457085
ISBN
9781118457085
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 21.99

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