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Autore |
Talbott John R. <1955-> |
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Titolo |
Contagion : the financial epidemic that is sweeping the global economy--and how to protect yourself from it / / John R. Talbott |
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Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley, c2009 |
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ISBN |
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9786612684104 |
9780470466933 |
0470466936 |
9781282684102 |
1282684108 |
9780470466919 |
047046691X |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (271 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Deregulation - United States |
Financial crises - United States |
Finance, Personal - United States |
United States Economic conditions 2001-2009 |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Bamboozled -- What didn't cause the U.S. housing boom and bust -- What did cause the U.S. housing boom and bust -- The contagion spreads from sub-prime to prime -- How low will housing prices go in the U.S.? -- The U.S. economy was not in great shape to begin with -- U.S. enters a long recession -- The global economy catches the contagion -- Too big to fail : the $400 trillion derivatives market -- Our local governments feel the pinch -- From Wall Street to Main Street -- Demographics magnify contagion -- Which investments and which countries will weather the storm the best? -- Stop the bleeding -- No future without reform -- A warning shot across our bow. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Tough times are ahead and Talbott argues that the coming recession will be on a global scale, affecting economies across the world. We have had no real growth in GDP for the last ten years if purchases with |
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