02134oam 2200505 450 991078197410332120170523091620.0988-220-734-0988-8053-58-2(OCoLC)814551440(MiFhGG)GVRLA07S(EXLCZ)99255000000005779920121023d2011 uy 0engurun|---uuuuatxtccrReluctant regulators /Leo F. Goodstadt1st edition.Hong Kong Hong Kong University Pressc 2011Hong Kong :Hong Kong University Press,2011.1 online resource (205 pages)Gale eBooksDescription based upon print version of record.988-8083-25-2 Includes bibliographical refernces and index.Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction - Reluctant Regulators; 1: Global Crisis - Why Regulators Trust Financial Markets; 2: Fatal Decisions - Washington and London's Deliberate Mistakes; 3: China - Reforms vs Regulation; 4: China's Painful Decisions - Politics in Command; 5: Hong Kong - From Scandals to Stability; Conclusions - Resisting Reforms; Notes; Bibliography; IndexThis book is a scathing indictment of regulatory inertia in the West. It provides important and original insights into the causes of financial crises and pays special attention to China's attempts at reform and Hong Kong's place in China's financial modernisation.Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009Financial crisesChinaFinancial crisesChinaHong KongChinaEconomic policy2000-Hong Kong (China)Economic policyGlobal Financial Crisis, 2008-2009.Financial crisesFinancial crises330.95043Goodstadt Leo F1030132MiFhGGMiFhGGBOOK9910781974103321Reluctant regulators3719851UNINA