Unfinished business

the unexplored causes of the financial crisis and the lessons yet to be learnt

A penetrating critique tracing how under-regulated trading between European and U.S. banks led to the 2008 financial crisis-with a prescription for preventing another meltdown There have been numerous books examining the 2008 financial crisis from either a U.S. or European perspective. Tamim Bayoumi ...

Modern perspectives on the gold standard

Eds. Tamim Bayoumi, Barry Eichengree, Mark P. Taylor. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Currency crises in Europe and Mexico during the 1990s provided stark reminders of the importance and the fragility of international financial markets. These experiences led some commentators to conclude that open international capital markets are incompatible with ...