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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463686503321

Autore

Desai Padma

Titolo

From financial crisis to global recovery [[electronic resource] /] / Padma Desai

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Columbia University Press, c2011

ISBN

1-283-09405-3

9786613094056

0-231-52774-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (273 p.)

Disciplina

330.973

Soggetti

Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009

Financial crises - United States

Recessions - United States

Electronic books.

United States Economic conditions 2009-

United States Economic policy 2009-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Financial crisis origin -- Banking sector stress tests: United States versus the European Union -- Is the U.S. economy on the mend? -- Global recovery prospects: North America and Europe, Asia, and South America -- Hedge funds and derivatives, credit default swaps, and rating agencies -- U.S. and EU regulatory proposals: how strict? How cooperative? -- Will the dollar remain a reserve currency? -- The Great Depression and the current financial crisis -- The future of American capitalism.

Sommario/riassunto

In this book, Padma Desai makes the complexities of economic policy and financial reform accessible to a wide audience. Merging a compelling narrative with scholarly research, she begins with a systematic breakdown of the factors leading to America's recent recession, describing the monetary policy, tax practices, subprime mortgage scandals, and lax regulation that contributed to the crisis. She also discusses the Treasury-Fed rescue deals that saved several financial institutions and the involvement of Congress in passing



restorative policies. Desai follows with an analysis of stress tests and other economic measures, and she frankly assesses whether the U.S. economy is truly on the mend. Expanding her view, she considers the prospects for recovery in North America as a whole, as well as in Europe, Asia, and South America, and the extent and value of U.S. and E.U. regulatory proposals. Refocusing on American financial practices, Desai evaluates hedge funds and derivatives, credit default swaps, and rating agencies, pondering whether the dollar can remain a reserve currency. She concludes with a historical comparison of the Great Depression and the Great Recession, weighing the effect of the economic collapse on the future of American capitalism.