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Author
Publisher
Routledge
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (xv, 370 pages) : illustrations (black and white).
Language
English
Description
The ramifications of the Global Financial Crisis, which erupted in 2007, continue to surprise not only the general public but also finance professionals, economists, and journalists. Faced with this challenge, Preparing for the Next Financial Crisis goes back to basics. The authors ask: what do theory and empirical observations tell us about the causes and the consequences of financial crisis and instability? In what has become an increasingly complex...
82) Too big to fail
Publisher
HBO Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 98 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Offers an intimate look at the epochal financial crisis of 2008 and the powerful men and women who decided the fate of the world's economy in a matter of a few weeks. Centering on Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, the film goes behind closed doors to examine the symbiotic relationship between Wall Street and Washington.
Author
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
vi, 202 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Based upon his professional experience as a banking analyst, the author presents his insights and perspective on the U.S. banking industry throughout the recent global financial crisis.
Author
Publisher
FT Press
Language
English
Formats
Description
Only a few years ago, the U.S. financial system and economy were near collapse. Global financial institutions teetered and fell, while at once-mighty U.S. companies, panicked CEOs slashed jobs. The financial chaos inflicted catastrophic damage: double-digit unemployment; crashing house and stock prices; federal budget deficits in the trillions, and a wider gap between the country's haves and have-nots. Today many Americans still feel shell-shocked....
87) Capital
Publisher
Acorn
Pub. Date
2016, 2015.
Edition
DVD.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (189 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The story is about the interconnected lives of a diverse group of characters linked to a neighborhood street. One day, the street's residents all receive an anonymous postcard through their front doors bearing a simple message: "We want what you have." Who is behind the anonymous hate campaign? And what do they want? As the mystery of the postcards deepens, interweaving stories reveal lives filled with love and loss, fear and greed, fortune and envy,...
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
xii, 212 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Shares incisive commentary on the financial meltdown and its aftermath, counseling democratic societies on how to avoid the practices that have led to unregulated markets and economic inequality.
Author
Publisher
Wiley
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (335 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Language
English
Description
Understand the theories and interpret the actions of modern central banks Central Banking takes a comprehensive look at the topic of central banking, and provides readers with an understanding and insights into the roles and functions of modern central banks in advanced as well as emerging economies, theories behind their thinking, and actual operations practices. The book takes a systematic approach to the topic, while providing an accessible format...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Andrew Ross Sorkin delivers the first true behind-the-scenes account of how the greatest financial crisis since the Great Depression developed into a global tsunami. From inside the corner office at Lehman Brothers to secret meetings in South Korea and Russia and the corridors of Washington, this is the definitive story of the most powerful men and women in finance and politics grappling with success and failure, ego and greed, and ultimately, the...
Author
Publisher
J. Wiley & Sons (Asia)
Pub. Date
©2010
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations
Language
English
Description
The western world attributed China's role as world's largest financer of the developed world and third largest economy in the world to new economic efficiencies, a revolution in risk management and its own wise policies. China and the Credit Crisis argues that if the extent of the role played in the new prosperity by an emerging China, and the fundamental nature of the changes it brought had been better understood, more appropriate policies and actions...
Author
Series
Publisher
Chandos Pub
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
1 online resource (xxiv, 166 pages) : illustrations, map
Language
English
Description
Aimed at business strategists, policy makers, researchers and adult learners, this book has an Asian perspective on business sustainability and is about understanding how recent developments and future actions in one part of the world will have a global impact. The book magnifies the concept of so-called 'globalisation' and examines the topic of business sustainability from a broad and integrated approach to business: encapsulating people, prosperity...
Author
Publisher
Apress
Pub. Date
©2012
Physical Desc
1 online resource (xv, 171 pages)
Language
English
Description
"I would sleep better if I knew that Bernanke, Geithner, Bachus, Sen. Tim Johnson, Obama and Romney all kept dog-eared copies of Kevin Mellyn's Broken Markets on their nightstands. ... Mellyn's work is a fascinating, important, and eminently good read and should inform the debate on overhauling the U.S. and global financial regulatory systems and sustainable macro fiscal and monetary policy."--Eric Grover, in his review of Broken Markets in The American...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Private equity deal making is often shrouded in secrecy. But one legendary dealmaker is happy to explain how a failing Chinese financial institution was transformed into a profitable one, without a single dollar of government support. During the Great Financial Crisis (GFC) of 2008, banks around the world, including in America, Britain, and Europe, were supported by government cash injections and guarantees. But there was one significant bank, deeply...
Author
Publisher
The Financial Times
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations
Language
English
Description
A vivid and authoritative account of how the eurozone crisis was laid to rest but left a sullen Europe in its wake. This ebook expands and updates an investigation published by the Financial Times in 2014. Peter Spiegel, the newspaper's bureau chief in Brussels, takes the reader deep into the corridors of power to tell a piece of history that will go down as one of Europe's defining moments. How the Euro was Saved is required reading for anyone with...
Series
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (90 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Acclaimed director Steve James tells the saga of the Chinese immigrant Sung family, owners of Abacus Federal Savings of Chinatown, New York. Accused of mortgage fraud by Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., Abacus becomes the only bank prosecuted after the 2008 financial crisis. The indictment and subsequent trial forces the Sung family to defend themselves, and their bank's legacy in the Chinatown community, over the course of a five-year...
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