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Record Nr.

UNINA9910466114603321

Autore

Vasudevan Ramaa

Titolo

Things fall apart : from the crash of 2008 to the great slump / / Ramaa Vasudevan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Los Angeles, [California] : , : SAGE, , 2013

©2013

ISBN

81-321-1638-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (245 p.)

Disciplina

330.973/0931

Soggetti

Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009

Financial crises - United States - History

Recessions - United States - History

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

Cover ; Contents; List of Figures ; List of Abbreviations ; Preface ; 1 - All That Is Solid Melts into Air ; 2 - The Tip of the Iceberg ; 3 - The House of Cards ; 4 - When Wall Street Rules Main Street ; 5 - Another Gilded Age ; 6 - Dollar Rules ; 7 - Aftershocks: The Crisis Goes Global ; 8 - Beyond the Crisis ; Notes and References ; Some Suggestions for Further Reading ; Index ; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

The crash of 2008, when financial markets came to a standstill, has had profound effects that are still being felt globally. Five years after those dramatic events, countries such as Greece, Spain, Italy, Portugal, and Cyprus are still reeling from the aftereffects of the financial crash, while the USA and the UK continue to be in the grip of a long slump.<br /><br />The crash exposed criminal swindles and the more rampant risky practices that have become the norm with the major banks. It has also revealed the failure of policy to curb unbridled risk taking with other people's money and the fa