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The financial crisis that began in 2007 in the United States swept the world, producing substantial bank failures and forcing unprecedented state aid for the... 
Economics | Banks and banking | 21st century | Finance | Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009 | Financial crises | State supervision | History | Government policy

European Union countries Social conditions | Financial crises | European Union countries Economic conditions | European Union countries Politics and government

This book analyses the logic of applying the American Post-Keynesian economist Hyman Minsky's Financial Instability Hypothesis (FIH) to the financial crisis of... 
Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009 | Liquidity (Economics) | Global Financial Crisis (2008-2009) | Financial crises | 2008-2009 | Economics | International Political Economy | International Relations | Political Economy | Finance | Banking

Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009 | United States Economic conditions | Financial crises | History

Examines the causes of the financial crisis that began in 2008 and reveals the weaknesses found in financial regulation, excessive borrowing, and breaches in... 
Mortgage-backed securities | Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009 | United States Economic conditions | Bank investments | Financial crises | Subprime mortgage loans

In 2012, Ben Bernanke, chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve, gave a series of lectures about the Federal Reserve and the 2008 financial crisis, as part of a... 
Economics | Federal Reserve banks | 2009 | United States | Finance | Monetary policy | Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009 | Economic policy | Financial crises | United States. Federal Reserve Board | Political Science | Business | Federal Reserve Board

Financial crises are dramatic events. When they emerge, they tend to dominate the attention of the press and become the focus of policymakers. In one form or... 
History | Financial crises | Economics | Financial crises - History

"Once-in-a-lifetime" financial crises have been a recurrent part of life in the last three decades. It is no longer possible to dismiss or ignore them as... 
Banks and banking | Financial crises | Corporations | History | Finance | History of Economic Thought | Political Economy | Economic History | Modern History 1750-1945

Banks and banking | Economic forecasting | Financial crises

What causes a financial crisis? Can crises be anticipated or even avoided? Should governments and international institutions intervene? Based on ten years of... 
Financial crises

Emerging Europe was particularly hard hit by the global financial crisis, but a concerted effort by local policymakers and the international community staved... 
Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009 | International Monetary Fund | Financial crises | Parex | Global Financial Crisis | Credit Boom | Boom-bust | Domestic-demand Boom | External Imbalances | Vulnerabilities | Emerging Europe | Absorption Boom | Overheating

Banks and banking, Central | Monetary policy | Efficient market theory | Financial crises

"Covering events such as banking crises, economic bubbles, natural disasters, trade embargos, and depressions, this single-volume encyclopedia of major U.S.... 
Economics | United States | Reference | Banks and banking | United States Economic conditions | Financial crises | History | Economic history | BUSINESS & ECONOMICS | Comparative

The IMF's response to the global crisis of 2008–9 marked a significant change from its past policies. The Fund provided relatively large amounts of credit... 
Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009 | International Monetary Fund | Financial crises | International finance | Finance & Accounting | Developing countries

The recent financial crisis was an accident, a "perfect storm" fueled by an unforeseeable confluence of events that unfortunately combined to bring down the... 
Politics & government | Financial crises | Prevention | Global Financial Crisis, 2008–2009 | Finance | Banks and banking | Financial institutions | Government policy | Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009 | finance; policy

Economics | Law and legislation | Financial crises History | Basle Accord | Banks and banking | Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009 | Bank capital | Risk management | Basel II | Political aspects

This is the first book to put together Asia and the developed world in the subprime crisis context and to combine macro and micro analysis to draw lessons from... 
Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009 | Asia Economic conditions | Financial crises | China Economic conditions | International economics

This is the first full-length study of five US banking panics of the Great Depression. Previous studies of the Depression have approached the banking panics... 
Banks and banking | United States Economic conditions | Bank failures | Financial crises | History | Depressions | 20th century | United States