Europe on the brink

debt crisis and dissent in the european perophery

Europe is suffering from a bipolar economic disorder. Financial journalists divide the continent into two groups of nations - centre and periphery - not by geography but by credit rating. Europe on the Brink is a critical investigation of the root causes of this sovereign debt crisis ...

Europe's path to crisis

disintegration via Monetary Union

The EU's single currency crisis and the ensuing human costs have led to Europe's biggest disaster since 1945. This book examines each of its stages and the political and social impact, and reveals the longer-term origins of the crisis, particularly the failure of ...

Dinero

de fin a medio

¿Sabes cómo se crea el dinero? ¿Quién ha construido el actual orden monetario? ¿Qué organismo lo supervisa, qué Parlamento o qué pueblo soberano tiene poder de decisión sobre él? El desconcierto que normalmente generan estas preguntas es tan indigno para la democracia como para sus ...

The european debt crisis

the Greek case

In this book, former Greek Prime Minister Costas Simitis examines the European debt crisis with particular reference to the case of Greece. Greece was the first Eurozone country to face an enormous deficit, which reached 15% of GDP in 2009. As the Greek crisis unfolded ...

Inside the banking crisis

the untold story

It was one of the gravest challenges faced by any British government in peacetime. The banking system, taken for granted by most of the population to pay for life's essentials, came close to collapse. Yet nobody going about their business in October 2008 had ...

The shifts and the shocks

what we’ve Learned-and have still to Learn-from the financial crisis

We have been inundated with books about the “financial crisis.” Surely, there is little more to be said. Martin Wolf agrees. In fact, he argues, too much has been said about the purely financial aspects of the crisis, important though they are. The underlying problem ...

Nunca dejes que una crisis te gane la partida

¿cómo ha conseguido el neoliberalismo, responsable de la crisis, salir indemne de la misma?

La crisis económica que hemos padecido estos últimos años ha causado estragos entre las clases medias y bajas, y ha disparado los índices de desigualdad. No obstante, no se ha hecho nada para evitar que en un futuro las causas que nos llevaron a la ...

The system worked

how the world stopped another great depression

Global governance institutions, from the International Monetary Fund to the International Olympic Committee, are little loved. They are perceived as bastions of sclerotic mediocrity at best and outright corruption at worst, and this perception is generally not far off the mark. In the wake of ...

Monetary policy operations and the financial system

Since 2007, central banks of industrialized countries have counteracted financial instability, recession, and deflationary risks with unprecedented monetary policy operations. While generally regarded as successful, these measures also led to an exceptional increase in the size of central bank balance sheets. The book first introduces ...

Capital failure

rebuilding trust in financial services

Adam Smith's 'invisible hand' relied on the self-interest of individuals to produce good outcomes. Economists' belief in efficient markets took this idea further by assuming that all individuals are selfish. This belief underpinned financial deregulation, and the theories on incentives and performance which supported ...

Paper money collapse

the folly of elastic money

Explore the inevitable collapse of the fiat monetary system Paper Money Collapse: The Folly of Elastic Money, Second Edition challenges the mainstream consensus on money and monetary policy. While it is today generally believed that the transition from 'hard' and inflexible commodity money (such as ...

International finance regulation

the quest for financial stability

As the global market expands, the need for international regulation becomes urgent Since World War II, financial crises have been the result of macroeconomic instability until the fatidic week end of September 15 2008, when Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy. The financial system had become ...

International finance regulation

the quest for financial stability

As the global market expands, the need for international regulation becomes urgent Since World War II, financial crises have been the result of macroeconomic instability until the fatidic week end of September 15 2008, when Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy. The financial system had become ...

The power of mobile banking

how to profit from the revolution in retail financial services

Today's tech-savvy consumers are demanding a more personal customer experience from their banks, and banks are discovering that mobile services deliver individualized, tailored experiences better than any other technology. The Power of Mobile Banking: How to Profit from the Revolution in Retail Financial Services ...

Rethinking housing bubbles

the role of household and bank balance sheets in modeling economic cycles

In this highly original piece of work, Steven D. Gjerstad and Nobel Laureate Vernon L. Smith analyze the role of housing and its associated mortgage financing as a key element of economic cycles. The authors combine data from both laboratory and real markets to provide ...

Banking in crisis

the rise and fall of british banking stability, 1800 to the present

Can the lessons of the past help us to prevent another banking collapse in the future? This is the first book to tell the story of the rise and fall of British banking stability over the past two centuries, shedding new light on why banking ...

Liberalization of trade in banking services

an international and european perspective

The financial crisis struck with full force in the autumn of 2008. Very soon after the start of the crisis, culprits were sought. An important recurring argument was that liberalization of trade in banking services, as pursued at the European (within the EU) and international ...

Central Bank independence

cultural codes and symbolic performance

Given the unprecedented role central banks have come to play in our societies, the link between their legitimacy, public support and their independence has become increasingly important. Over the past thirty years, academics and practitioners have tried to systematically pin down the sources of central ...

Bad banks

mistakes, misselling, misbehaviour and the next global crisis

Bad Banks is a gripping account of the problems and scandals that continue to bedevil the world's banking system some seven years after the credit crunch. It follows the fortunes and misfortunes of individual banks, from RBS to Lloyds. It exposes instances of mis-selling ...

Financial innovation, regulation and crises in History

With present concerns over the regulation of the banking industry continuing to make headlines, an examination of the historiography of financial crises is timely. With contributions from world-renowned figures such as Niall Ferguson, Adair Turner and William R White, this volume investigates how financial institutions ...