Lessons from the Great Recession : at the crossroads of sustainability and recovery / / edited by Constantin Gurdgiev, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland, Liam Leonard, California State University, Fullerton, CA, USA, Maria Alejandra Gonzalez-Perez, Universidad EAFIT, Medellin, Colombia

• Pubblicazione: United Kingdom : , : Emerald, , 2016
• Edizione: First edition.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xii, 293 pages) : illustrations (some color)
• Disciplina: 330.90511
• Soggetto topico: Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009; Recessions; Economic stabilization; Globalization - Economic aspects; Sustainability
• Persona (resp. second.): GurdgievConstantin T.; LeonardLiam; Gonzalez-PerezMaria-Alejandra
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Crisis contagion from advanced economies into BRIC: not as simple as in the old days / Constantin Gurdgiev, Barry Trueick -- Turning tigers into PIIGS: the role of leverage in the Irish economic collapse / Shaen Corbet -- Manhattan is not New York: the divergent import of the great recession and natural disasters on New York City's Five Boroughs / Carolyn E. Predmore, Lauren Trabold -- UNASUR-GRID: financing sustainable energy sovereignty with the Bank of the South / Tony Phillips -- On the effects of commodities prices on sustainable development: an opportunity? / Gustavo Canavire-Bacarreza, Maria Aristizabal-Ramirez -- Improving post-2015 development cooperation through donor support for inclusive business / Maria Alejandra Pineda-Escobar, Fabian Garzon Cuervo -- The great recession and emerging market firms: unpacking the divide between global and national level sustainability expectations / Luis Alfonso Dau, Elizabeth Maire Moore, Margaret Soto -- Global financial crisis and the emergence and maturing of socially responsible investments / Carolina Herrera-Cano, Maria Alejandra Gonzalez-Perez -- After the flood comes the tax: European road to financial transactions tax / Constantin Gurdgiev, Barry Murphy -- Networked social movements and the politics of mortgage: from the right to housing to the assault on institutions / Eva Alvarez de Andres, Patrik Zapata, Maria Jose Zapata Campos -- Solar eclipse: investment treaty arbitration and Spain's photovoltaic troubles / Ioannis Glinavos -- Capital for the twenty-first century: a response to "Capital in the Twenty-First Century" by Thomas Piketty / Amelia Correa, Romar Correa.
• Sommario/riassunto: This volume examines global cases of environmental sustainability and economics in the context of nations from multi-disciplinary perspectives. This book analyses the problems faced globally as economies try to build a sustainable future in the aftermath of the 'Great Recession', and the recent economic and financial crises.; Lessons from the Great Recession: At the Crossroads of Sustainability and Recovery examines global cases of environmental sustainability and economics in the context of nations from multi-disciplinary perspectives. The book discusses the high costs of decisions taken in response to the recent economic crises, which as a result have created a lack of investment in environmental and developmental considerations. This volume analyses the problems faced globally as economies try to build a sustainable future in the aftermath of the 'Great Recession'. The book observes concepts of sustainability in the post-recession and post-bailout world around aspects such as Fiscal / economic / social sustainability; Financial sustainability (sector risks etc.); Environmental sustainability. Chapters scrutinise the relationships between nations and supra state agencies such as the UN, EU, IMF etc. in the context of economic crises.
• Titolo autorizzato: Lessons from the Great Recession
• ISBN: 1-78560-742-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910798268303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Advances in sustainability and environmental justice ; ; v. 18.