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Economic & financial crises & disasters

Paperback. Editor(s): Syzerhans, Douglas D. Num Pages: 103 pages, tables & charts. BIC Classification: JFFC; KCX; RNR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 251 x 179 x 9. Weight in Grams: 280.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
103
Condition
New
SKU
V9781594548895
ISBN
9781594548895
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 139.09
€ 95.56

Hardcover. Beliefs held by US and European elites about unregulated markets and a currency union without fiscal union led to a transatlantic crisis unmatched in severity since the Great Depression. Leading scholars of elites analyze how elites have responded to the crisis, are altered by it and what this 'hour of elites' means for democracy. Editor(s): Best, Heinrich; Higley, John. Num Pages: 200 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPB; JPQB; KCP; KCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137345745
ISBN
9781137345745
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.89

Hardback. This book uses modern linear and nonlinear econometric methods to characterize how shocks to the yield of risky fixed income securities, such as sub-prime asset-backed or low-credit rating sovereign bonds, are transmitted to the yields in other markets. Num Pages: 141 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCX; KFFH; KFFM2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 223 x 18. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
141
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137561381
ISBN
9781137561381
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.54

Hardcover. The current financial crisis started from the US real estate market and after, though the increase of risk premium requested by investors and due to the lack of liquidity of all financial markets, it became a world financial crisis. A detailed analysis during the crisis focuses attention on asset management, the real estate and public sector. Editor(s): Mattarocci, Gianluca; Carretta, Alessandro. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Banking and Financial Institutions. Num Pages: 274 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCX; KFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 452.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137293763
ISBN
9781137293763
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.03

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.

An updated and revised look at the truth behind America's housing and mortgage bubbles

In the summer of 2007, the subprime empire that Wall Street had built all came crashing down. Num Pages: 380 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KCX; KFFL; KFFR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 228 x 27. Weight in Grams: 482.

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
380
Condition
New
SKU
V9780470554654
ISBN
9780470554654
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.20

Paperback. Editor(s): Posen, Adam S. Num Pages: 350 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; KCM; KCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 0. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The Peterson Institute for International Economics
Condition
New
SKU
V9780881326741
ISBN
9780881326741
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 24.27

hardcover. We are living in a time of crisis which has cascaded through society. Financial crisis has led to an economic crisis of recession and unemployment; an ensuing fiscal crisis over government deficits and austerity has led to a political crisis which threatens to become a democratic crisis. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JP; KCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 163 x 25. Weight in Grams: 468.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745647609
ISBN
9780745647609
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.74

Paperback. The Global Financial Crisis is acknowledged to be the most severe economic downturn since the 1930s, and one that is unique in its underlying causes, its scope, and its wider social, political and economic implications. This volume explores some of the ethical issues that it has raised. Editor(s): Dobos, Ned; Barry, Dr. Christian; Pogge, Thomas. Num Pages: 203 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JMC; HPS; KCX; KCZ; KJG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 144 x 12. Weight in Grams: 262.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
203
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230293519
ISBN
9780230293519
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.36

Hardcover. Uses research and real world case materials to examine how market performance can be sustained, even during a period of austerity, by the implementation of innovation-based growth opportunities and the exploitation of technology. Num Pages: 274 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCX; KJC; KJH; KJU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137324429
ISBN
9781137324429
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.18

Paperback. Series: Values and Capitalism. Num Pages: 116 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: KCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 120 x 8. Weight in Grams: 104.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
AEI Press United States
Number of pages
116
Condition
New
SKU
V9780844743837
ISBN
9780844743837
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.08

Hardcover. Editor(s): Gallagher, John P.; Wilkins, Emmett C. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; KCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 259 x 180 x 18. Weight in Grams: 596.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781614703174
ISBN
9781614703174
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 164.59
€ 112.50

Hardcover. This book is an examination of the sovereign risk and debt limit issues facing the Eurozone (crisis/post crisis) and the need for alternative mechanisms to fund the capital investment requirements of the region. Num Pages: 251 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCX; KFFD; KFFH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 217 x 17. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137390806
ISBN
9781137390806
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.53

Hardcover. For all of the technical explanations for meltdown in the financial markets during the banking crisis, the most readily accepted and almost universal explanation is the single word 'greed'. This is a subject which can at once be seen as the disease at the heart of society and the motivating force behind the progress of mankind. Editor(s): Brassey, Alexis; Barber, Stephen. Num Pages: 207 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; KCX; KJG. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 222 x 163 x 17. Weight in Grams: 366.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230201484
ISBN
9780230201484
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.91

Hardcover. Why do banks collapse? Are financial systems more fragile in recent decades? Can policies to fix the banking system do more harm than good? What's the history of banking crises? With dozens of brief, non-technical articles by economists and other researchers, Banking Crises offers answers from diverse scholarly viewpoints. Editor(s): Jones, Garett. Num Pages: 364 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GBC; KCBM; KCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 169 x 25. Weight in Grams: 704.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137553782
ISBN
9781137553782
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 124.08

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
€ 16.91

Hardback. Dealer banks - that is, large banks that deal in securities and derivatives, such as J P Morgan and Goldman Sachs - are of a size and complexity that sharply distinguish them from typical commercial banks. This book examines how these banks collapse and how we can prevent the need to bail them out. Num Pages: 112 pages, 13 line illus. 2 tables. BIC Classification: KCX; KFFK; KFFM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 217 x 147 x 15. Weight in Grams: 274.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
112
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691148854
ISBN
9780691148854
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 32.73

Paperback. Posits that the subprime mortgage crisis, as well as the global macroeconomic catastrophe it spawned, is traceable to a gross failure of law. This book ensures that economic opportunity isn't limited to a small group of elites that enjoy growth at the expense of many, particularly those in vulnerable economic situations. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; KCS; KCX; LNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 464.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
NYU Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781479845323
ISBN
9781479845323
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.10

Hardcover. This book examines the banking crisis of July/August 2007 and its ensuing after-effects in 2008-2009: economic crisis, credit crunch, massive recapitalization of some banks and nationalization of other banks. The author offers his views on the factors which led to this global financial catastrophe and how it could have been avoided. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Banking and Financial Institutions. Num Pages: 281 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: KCX; KCZ; KFFK; KNST. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230233461
ISBN
9780230233461
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.81

Hardcover. The world economy is caught in a money trap. Existing monetary arrangements meet the needs neither of the ageing societies of the West nor of younger emerging economies. This in-depth analysis explains how the world got into the grip of global finance - and how it can escape, with a growing demand for reform. Num Pages: 354 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCLF; KCX; KFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 222 x 24. Weight in Grams: 530.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230392748
ISBN
9780230392748
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 144.39

Hardcover. Economists analyze seven Latin American countries to explore why the region was not as severely affected by the 2008 financial crisis as it had been by other crises in the past. Editor(s): Cooney, Paul; Santarcangelo, Juan E.; Justo, Orlando. Series: Palgrave Studies in Latin American Heterodox Economics. Num Pages: 272 pages, 12 black & white tables, 67 figures. BIC Classification: 1KL; KCG; KCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137486615
ISBN
9781137486615
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.64

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
PM Press United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9781604863321
ISBN
9781604863321
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.22

Hardback. By looking at the three most recent economic crises, the S&L crisis, the dot-com bubble, and the recent subprime mortgage disaster, the author explains why and how corporate managers led their organizations toward disasters in the long-run. Num Pages: 206 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCX; KJM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 160 x 16. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
206
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230104013
ISBN
9780230104013
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.31

Hardcover. Banks, Bankers, and Bankruptcies Under Crisis uses case studies of failed banks, banks that would have failed without taxpayer intervention, and in some cases banks obliged to merge under government pressure, to better understand global banking today. Num Pages: 301 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCX; KFFK; KJVB; LNPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 221 x 21. Weight in Grams: 464.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137436986
ISBN
9781137436986
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.84

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