Debt, the IMF, and the World Bank

sixty questions, sixty answers

...not only an indispensable tool for pro-poor anti-debt activists, but also a very useful synthesis that can and should be used in classrooms.---Gilbert Achcar, Professor of Development Studies, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London ...explains the historical context behind the debt ...

The New Lombard Street

how the fed became the dealer of last resort

Walter Bagehot's "Lombard Street", published in 1873 in the wake of a devastating London bank collapse, explained in clear and straightforward terms why central banks must serve as the lender of last resort to ensure liquidity in a faltering credit system. Bagehot's book ...

The futures

the rise of the speculator and the origins of the world's biggest markets

Forbes magazine's Emily Lambert take us behind the scenes of the biggest markets in the world and into the oversize personalities of the men who make them happen. Commodities exchanges have become some of the largest financial markets in our global economic system, yet ...

Practical derivatives

a transactional approach

Ed. Jonathan Denton. The collapse of the financial markets in 2008 and the ensuing credit crunch were a wake up call to governments, regulators and financial market participants. In particular, attention has focused on the reasons for the failure of household financial institutions and the ...

Banking and capital markets

new international perspectives

Eds. Lloyd P. Blenman, Harold A. Black, Edward J. Kane. This timely collection of papers probes into the major issues that are at the heart of our current financial market crises. The coverage of banking topics include the changing nature of intra and inter-bank markets ...

Fed up

an insider's take on why the Federal Reserve Is bad for America

In the early 2000s, a Wall Street escapee writing a financial column for the Dallas Morning News, Booth attracted attention for her criticism of the Fed's low interest rate policies and her warnings about the housing market. Nobody was more surprised when the head ...

Barbarians at the gate

the fall or RJR Nabisco

“One of the finest, most compelling accounts of what happened to corporate America and Wall Street in the 1980’s.” —New York Times Book Review A #1 New York Times bestseller and arguably the best business narrative ever written, Barbarians at the Gate is the ...

Crisis económica: una perspectiva regional

(Revista Cuadernos de Información Económica, Nº208, año 2009)

Catastrophe

the story of Bernard L. Madoff, the man who swindled the world

Crisis borrascosas

(Revista Cuadernos de Información Económica, Nº209, año 2009)

Banking crisis

dealing with the failure of the UK banks. Seven report of session 2008- 09

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Global imbalances and the financial crisis

Hoodwinked

an economic hit man reveals why the world financial markets imploded and what we need to do to remake them

Introducción al sistema financiero

Este libro, tras destacar los rasgos más relevantes del sector financiero y las razones de su existencia, introduce al lector en los elementos fundamentales de un sistema financiero, a saber: instrumentos, mercados e intermediarios financieros, centrándose a continuación en los que operan en España y ...

Productos y servicios financieros y de seguros básicos

Obra dirigida a alumnos y profesores del Ciclo Formativo de Grado Medio Gestión Administrativa, ya que sus contenidos están adaptados al crédito del mismo nombre. Tras un primer capítulo de introducción, el libro se estructura en dos grandes bloques. El primero tiene un carácter matemático ...

Modern financial systems

theory and applications

This is a valuable guide to the essential elements of modern financial systems. This book offers you a unified theory of modern financial system activity. In it, author Edwin Neave distills a large body of literature on financial systems, the institutions that comprise the systems ...

Productos y servicios financieros y de seguros

El libro está enfocado al módulo profesional asignado al curso de Técnico Superior en Administración y Finanzas. Totalmente renovado y adaptado al nuevo desarrollo curricular de la titulación.

Principles of money, banking and financial markets

Well-known for its engaging, conversational style, this text makes sophisticated concepts accessible, introducing students to how markets and institutions shape the global financial system and economic policy. Principles of Money, Banking & Financial Markets incorporates current research and data while taking stock of sweeping changes in ...

Too big to fail

the hazards of bank bailouts

The potential failure of a large bank presents vexing questions for policymakers. It poses significant risks to other financial institutions, to the financial system as a whole, and possibly to the economic and social order. Because of such fears, policymakers in many countries - developed and ...

The two trillion dollar meltdown

easy money, high rollers, and the great credit crash

Now fully updated with the latest financial developments, this is the bestselling book that briefly and brilliantly explains how we got into the economic mess that is the Credit Crunch. With the housing markets unravelling daily and distress signals flying throughout the rest of the ...