Crisis

economía y riqueza planetarias: introducción al siglo XXI

El capitalismo, con sus recurrentes crisis, siempre carga el costo de las mismas a los sectores más vulnerables de las sociedades. Esta vez, que duda cabe, lo volverá a intentar. ¿Se repetirá la historia o la inédita magnitud de la actual crisis preanuncia profundos cambios ...

Financial institutions and markets

2007-2008 - the year of crisis

Eds. Robert R. Bliss, George G. Kaufman. This book is a collection of research papers that contribute to the understanding of ongoing developments in financial institutions and markets both in the United States and globally as they reached a critical point during the years 2007-2008 ...

The housing boom and bust

The inimitable Thomas Sowell casts a critical eye at the bubble that shattered the world economy - a cautionary tale that will be sure to spark controversy. Scary headlines and scarier statistics tell the story of a financial crisis on a scale not seen in decades ...

How I caused the credit crunch

an insider's story of the financial meltdown

This is a vivid and personal account of 21st century banking excess. "How I Caused the Credit Crunch" traces seven years at the forefront of the credit markets - a tale from the heart of the bewildering banking maelstrom whose catastrophic collapse has plunged the world ...

The new paradigm for financial markets

the credit crisis of 2007 and what it means

In the midst of the most serious financial upheaval since the Great Depression, legendary financier George Soros explores the origins of the crisis and its implications for the future. Soros, whose breadth of experience in financial markets is unrivaled, places the current crisis in the ...

Political institutions and financial development

Economists have long maintained that a well-developed and functioning financial system is a vital prerequisite to economic growth. Countries with robust banking sectors and securities markets - that is, countries in which credit cards, loans, mortgages, and the ability to issue stocks and bonds are available ...

The age of turbulence

adventures in a new world

With a new chapter on the current credit crisis.

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 ...