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Record Nr.

UNINA9910150236703321

Autore

Buckley Adrian

Titolo

Financial crisis : causes, context and consequences / / Adrian Buckley

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Harlow, England : , : Financial Times/Prentice Hall, , [2011]

©2011

ISBN

1-283-11484-4

9786613114846

0-273-73563-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (342 pages) : color illustrations, tables, charts

Disciplina

330.9/09511

Soggetti

Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009

International finance

Loans, Foreign

Banks and banking - Corrupt practices

Monetary policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-310) and index.

Nota di contenuto

An overview of the financial crisis 2007/8 -- Governments and the financial crisis -- Personal finance, housing and the financial crisis -- The business of banking -- Subprime lenders and borrowers -- Credit default swaps and toxic assets -- Bank lending and control systems -- Regulation -- The business cycle, booms, busts, bubbles, and frauds -- Finance theories -- Other academic theories -- Bank failures in the USA -- Bank failures in the UK -- Bank failures in Europe -- The Great Depression -- Government responses to the crisis.

Sommario/riassunto

A fascinating close-up analysis of the causes of the 2007/8 financial crisis and its consequences - Financial Crisis places the world of finance under the microscope, bringing together evidence of the involvement of banks, governments and regulators.