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2007. Jende Jonga, a Cameroonian immigrant living in Harlem, has come to the United States to provide a better life for himself, his wife, Neni, and their six-year-old son.Working as a chauffeur for Clark Edwards, a senior executive at Lehman Brothers, he displays the punctuality, discretion, and loyalty that Edwards demands. Neni temporary work at the Edwardses' summer home in the Hamptons means a brighter future-- until Jende and Neni notice cracks...
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LID
Pub. Date
2009
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Primera edición: Septiembre 2009.
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1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations.
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Español
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Cuando un economista avisa de un desajuste, los políticos actúan de tres formas. Si están en la oposición, jalean la flaqueza en su propio provecho con la intención de asaltar el poder. Si están en el poder, ignoran la advertencia y miran hacia otro lado, buscando el apoyo de otros economistas que minimicen las previsiones menos favorables. Si son políticos responsables... entonces no ocupan cargos de responsabilidad y poco pueden hacer....
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How government and business can work together to secure our economic future.
The 2008 crisis was just the beginning; according to sought-after analyst Eric Janszen, an even bigger financial catastrophe is imminent. Inclined to disbelieve him? He predicted the last two busts months before they happened.
Our problems, according to Janszen, are rooted in the flaws of the debt-driven FIRE economy (Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate)....
The 2008 crisis was just the beginning; according to sought-after analyst Eric Janszen, an even bigger financial catastrophe is imminent. Inclined to disbelieve him? He predicted the last two busts months before they happened.
Our problems, according to Janszen, are rooted in the flaws of the debt-driven FIRE economy (Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate)....
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Prentice Hall
Pub. Date
©2012
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1 online resource (195 pages) : illustrations
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English
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Ever since the ancient Greeks, financial innovation has enabled more people to purchase homes. Today is no different: in fact, responsible financial innovation is now the best tool available for "rebooting" crippled housing markets, improving their efficiency, and making housing more accessible to millions. In Fixing the Housing Market , three leading experts explain how, covering everything decision-makers should know about today's housing and financial...
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Financial Times Prentice Hall
Pub. Date
2013
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1 online resource (1 volume)
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English
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The decade which began in July 1997 saw a global financial system that generated more wealth for more people for a much longer period of time than any other in financial history. But ten years later, in a seemingly sudden move, there was a flight of capital and a collapse of the global banking system. What went wrong? Did anyone see it coming? What lessons can we learn from this? And is it really all that bad? Fooled Again is not a history book, but...
10) Karthik delivers
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Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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One summer during the Financial Crisis, fourteen-year-old Karthik Raghavan makes deliveries for his father's ailing Indian grocery, but he is secretly cast in a play about the young Leonard Bernstein.
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FTPress Delivers
Pub. Date
©2012
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1 online resource (2 volumes in 1) : illustrations
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English
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Sustainable, responsible financial innovation: lessons from the crisis, and new paths to global prosperity After the global financial crisis, responsible financial innovation is more crucial than ever. However, financial innovation will only succeed if it reflects the true lessons of the past decade. In this collection, three leading global finance researchers share those lessons, offering crucial insights for market participants, policymakers, and...
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2010.
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This surprising narrative goes back more than twenty years to reveal, in rich, anecdotal detail, how Wall Street, the mortgage industry, and the government conspired to change the way Americans bought their homes, creating a perfect storm. The authors take us inside elusive institutions such as Goldman Sachs, AIG, and Fannie Mae, to reveal who changed the game and why.
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Wiley
Pub. Date
©2010
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1 online resource (x, 246 pages) : illustrations
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English
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"It's no secret-the U.S. economy is in crisis mode, threatening everything from personal savings to our overall prosperity as a nation. Panicking is not the answer. Having a clear game plan is. In this environment, investors must protect themselves from the immense financial uncertainties they face as a saver or an investor in the 21st Century. Investors need solid information about ways to recession-proof their retirement and investment portfolios....
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Academic Press
Pub. Date
©2013
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1 online resource (xxxviii, 360 pages) : illustrations
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English
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"How do economists reconcile their expertise with their failures to predict and manage the 2008 financial crisis? This book goes a long way toward an answer by using systems theory to reveal the complex interdependence of factors and forces behind the crisis. In her fully integrated view of the economy, how it works, and how the economic crisis burst, Karen Higgins combines human psychology, cultural values, and belief formation with descriptions...
17) The committee to destroy the world: inside the plot to unleash a super crash on the global economy
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John Wiley & Sons
Pub. Date
[2016]
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1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations, maps
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English
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An updated examination of what's weakening the U.S. economy, and how to fix itThe Committee to Destroy the World: Inside the Plot to Unleash a Super Crash on the Global Economy is a passionate and informed analysis of the struggling global economy. In this masterfully conceived and executed work, Michael Lewitt, one of Wall Street's most respected market strategists and money managers, updates his groundbreaking examination of the causes of the 2008...
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Pub. Date
2010.
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English
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A first-person account of the white-knuckle weekend that brought the financial world to its knees and changed Wall Street forever, from America's most famous business reporter.
During a single historic weekend (September 12-14, 2008) the fate of Lehman Brothers was sealed, Merrill Lynch barely survived, AIG became a ward of the federal government, and the roots of our seemingly strong economy teetered on the edge of collapse. As bankers
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Routledge
Pub. Date
2019.
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1 online resource (201 pages).
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English
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The global financial crisis (GFC) that began in 2007 concentrated attention on the morality of banking and financial activities. Just as mainstream businesses became increasingly defined by their financial performance, banks, it seemed, got themselves - and everyone else - into trouble through an over-emphasis on themselves as commercial enterprises that need pay little attention to traditional banking virtues or ethics. While the GFC had many causes,...
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The ultimate guide for bank management: how to survive and thrive throughout the business cycle. An essential guide for bankers and students of finance everywhere, The Principles of Banking reiterates that the primary requirement of banking -- sound capital and liquidity risk management -- had been forgotten in the years prior to the financial crash. Serving as a policy guide for market practitioners and regulators at all levels, the book explains...
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