The origins of financial crises

central banks, credit bubbles and the efficient market fallacy

"The Origin of Financial Crises" provides a compelling analysis of the forces behind today's economic crisis. In a series of disarmingly simple arguments George Cooper challenges the core principles of today's economic orthodoxy, explaining why financial markets do not obey the efficient market ...

Revolución en las finanzas

los grandes cambios en las ideas. Represión y liberalización financiera

En las tres últimas décadas se ha producido una auténtica revolución en las ideas sobre las finanzas y el funcionamiento del sistema financiero. Este libro pretende facilitar la comprensión de la evolución de las finanzas e incentivar la reflexión del sector exponiendo la evolución y ...

Introduction to finance

markets, investments, and financial management

Realize it or not, finance is a big part of your life. It describes how your bank works, explains why you must pay interest on your mortgage, and helps business people make important decisions. So whether you're beginning your studies for a career on ...

España en contraste

financiación de la economía

Durante las dos últimas décadas, hemos asistido a la más intensa aceleración de la dinámica de cambio de la economía española, en una dirección de homologación con las de nuestro más inmediato entorno.

The economics of money, banking and finace

a european text

Essential reading for anyone wanting in-depth knowledge of the way financial systems operate around the world, particularly in Europe.' Dr Sugata Ghosh, BrunelUniversity;The written style of the textbook is very good and student-friendly. One of the key strengths of this textbook is its very ...

Handbook of financial intermediation and banking

The growth of financial intermediation research has yielded a host of questions that have pushed "design" issues to the fore even as the boundary between financial intermediation and corporate finance has blurred. This volume presents review articles on six major topics that are connected by ...

The trillion dollar meltdown

easy money, high rollers, and the great credit crash

The sub-prime mortgage crisis is only the beginning: A more profound economic and political restructuring is on its way.We are living in the most reckless financial environment in recent history. Arcane credit derivative bets are now well into the tens of trillions.According to ...

Small loans, big dreams

how Nobel Prize winner Muhammad Yunus and microfinance are changing the world

Micro-financing is considered one of the most effective strategies in the fight against global poverty. It can be implemented on the massive scale necessary to respond to the urgent needs of the world's poorest. And now, in "Small Loans, Big Changes", author Alex Counts ...

Global financial regulation

the essential guide

As international financial markets have become more complex, so has the regulatory system which oversees them. The Basel Committee is just one of a plethora of international bodies and groupings which now set standards for financial activity around the world, in the interests of investor ...

Financialization and the US economy

Profound transformations have taken place both in the US and the global economy, most especially in the realm of finance. Financial markets and transactions have been growing continuously in size and in importance while finance in general has acquired an increasingly prominent position in the ...

Il microcredito

una nuova frontiera per l'economia

Si può concedere credito a clienti poveri, privi di garanzie patrimoniali, e avere successo? E' questa la scommessa vinta dalla Grameen Bank del Nobel per la pace Yunus e da altre esperienze di microcredito sparse in tutto il mondo. Un risultato che combina sviluppo economico ...

Capital market liberalization and development

Capital market liberalization has been a key battle in the debate on globalization for much of the previous two decades. Many developing countries, often at the behest of international financial institutions such as the IMF, opened their capital accounts and liberalized their domestic financial markets ...

Un mundo sin pobreza

las empresas sociales y el futuro del capitalismo

El Premio Nobel de la Paz, impulsor del concepto de los microcréditos, se adentra ahora en el mundo de la empresa social Muhammad Yunus es el creador de los microcréditos, el innovador programa bancario que proporciona a los pobres #especialmente a las mujeres- pequeños préstamos ...

Bad money

reckless finance, failed politics, and the global crisis of American capitalism

The bestselling author of "American Theocracy" reveals how the U.S. financial sector has hijacked the economy and put America's global future at risk.

El banquero de los pobres

los microcréditos y la batalla contra la pobreza en el mundo

Muhammad Yunus tiene un sueño: la erradicación total de la pobreza. En 1983, en contra de los consejos de la banca y de las autoridades de su gobierno, el profesor Yunus fundó Grameen, un banco dedicado a suministrar préstamos minúsculos a las personas más pobres ...

El nuevo paradigma de los mercados financieros

para entender la crisis económica actual

En este conciso ensayo que combina ejemplos prácticos con interesantes reflexiones, Soros contribuye de un modo inestimable a hacernos entender la crisis económica que estamos viviendo y sus implicaciones para EEUU, Europa y el resto del mundo.

The origin of financial crises

Central banks, credit bubbles and the efficient market fallacy

In a series of disarmingly simple arguments financial market analyst George Cooper challenges the core principles of today's economic orthodoxy and explains how we have created an economy that is inherently unstable and crisis prone. With great skill, he examines the very foundations of ...

The origins of financial crises

central banks, credit bubbles and the efficient market fallacy

"The Origin of Financial Crises" provides a compelling analysis of the forces behind today's economic crisis. In a series of disarmingly simple arguments George Cooper challenges the core principles of today's economic orthodoxy, explaining why financial markets do not obey the efficient market ...

Chain of blame

how Wall Street caused the mortgage and credit crisis

In the summer of 2007, the subprime empire that Wall Street had built all came crashing down. On average, fifty lenders a month were going bust - and the people responsible for the crisis included not just unregulated loan brokers and con artists, but also investment ...

The Law of multi-bank financing

This new work provides analysis of the legal and regulatory facets of syndicated loans, secondary loan market practice and other related financial practices. Acknowledging the dynamic growth in the secondary loan market Mugasha covers loan trading, credit derivatives, collateralised debt obligations, loan trading, mezzanine and ...