The great diruption

how business is coping with turbulent times

The Great Disruption is a collection drawn from Adrian Wooldridge's influential Schumpeter columns in The Economist addressing the causes and profound consequences of the unprecedented disruption of business over the past five years. The Great Disruption has many causes. The internet is spreading faster ...

China and the 21st Century crisis

The USA is widely seen as the country at the centre of the recent economic crash. But will this be the case the next time the system goes into shock? By looking at the big questions of class struggle, global economic imbalances, peak oil, climate ...

The architecture of collapse

the global system in the 21st Century

Why are there so many crises in the world? Is it true that the global system is today riskier and more dangerous than in past decades? Do we have any tools at our disposal to bring these problems under control, to reduce the global system ...

The courage to act

a memoir of a crisis and its aftermath

In 2006, Ben S. Bernanke was appointed chairman of the Federal Reserve, capping a meteoric trajectory from a rural South Carolina childhood to professorships at Stanford and Princeton, to public service in Washington's halls of power. There would be no time to celebrate, however-the ...

Between debt and the devil

money, credit, and fixing global finance

Adair Turner became chairman of Britain's Financial Services Authority just as the global financial crisis struck in 2008, and he played a leading role in redesigning global financial regulation. In this eye-opening book, he sets the record straight about what really caused the crisis ...

Failed

what the "experts" got wrong about the global economy

Why did the Eurozone end up with an unemployment rate more than twice than that of the United States and six years after the collapse of Lehman Brothers? Was crisis in the Eurozone inevitable? What caused the prolonged economic failure experienced by the majority of ...

Disaster capitalism

making a killing out of catastrophe

Best-selling journalist Antony Loewenstein trav-els across Afghanistan, Pakistan, Haiti, Papua New Guinea, the United States, Britain, Greece, and Australia to witness the reality of disaster capitalism. He discovers how companies such as G4S, Serco, and Halliburton cash in on or-ganized misery in a hidden world ...

The social reality of Europe after the crisis

trends, challenges and responses

The economic crisis of recent years continues to have a profound effect on the lives of European citizens. Economically, politically and socially, it has led to fundamental change in many people's lives. In addition to creating new concerns, the crisis has simultaneously exacerbated existing ...

La falsa bonanza

cómo hemos llegado hasta aquí y cómo intentar que no se repita

La crisis financiera con epicentro estadounidense provoca en nuestro país una verdadera sacudida que pone al descubierto carencias, fragilidades y flaquezas económicas. Resulta evidente que en 2008, cuando comienza esa crisis, España, a pesar de los indicadores macroeconómicos que parecían brillantes se encuentra en una ...

Crisis financiera y Derecho social en Irlanda

Esta monográfica estudia las soluciones planteadas por las Instituciones Comunitarias a raíz de la crisis económica y financiera, que ha afectado a Irlanda, y cuyas medidas se han propuesto igualmente a otros Estados europeos como Grecia, España, Italia y Portugal.Debido a las vicisitudes económicas ...

¡No es una estafa!

es una crisis (de civilización)

Un conocimiento básico sobre el estado de la cuestión energética es suficiente para determinar, con solvencia, que de esta crisis no se puede salir según los parámetros habituales a los que la economía nos ha acostumbrado en los últimos 250 años. Y si ampliamos la ...

Bankia confidencial

crónica secreta del auge y caída de Bankia

El 9 de mayo de 2012 José Ignacio Goirigolzarri asume la presidencia de BFA-Bankia, dos días después de la dimisión de Rodrigo Rato. Su llegada supone la nacionalización de la cuarta entidad financiera del país, la petición de un rescate público de 19.000 millones ...

La gestión de la crisis bancaria española y sus efectos

¿Fue la llamada “crisis bancaria española” realmente una crisis de los bancos? ¿Fue más bien una crisis del mercado del crédito en su conjunto, inducida por la situación de las cajas de ahorros tras la explosión de la burbuja inmobiliaria? En esta obra colectiva se ...

The Dollar trap

how the U.S. Dollar tightened its grip on global finance

The U.S. dollar's dominance seems under threat. The near collapse of the U.S. financial system in 2008-2009, political paralysis that has blocked effective policymaking, and emerging competitors such as the Chinese renminbi have heightened speculation about the dollar's looming displacement as ...

The money crisis

how bankers grabbed our money - and how we can get it back

Bankers and speculators build castles in the air but when they come crashing down ordinary people have to pick up the tab. How we've made such a mess of our money system is explained, from the earliest banks right through to 'collateralized debt obligations ...

Next revolution in our credit-driven economy

the advent of financial technology

Go inside the research to see the global consequences of unethical banking The Next Revolution in our Credit-Driven Economy: The Advent of Financial Technology integrates market theory and practice to help investors identify growth opportunities, and to help regulators create a sustainable economic environment. Author ...

La gran brecha

qué hacer con las sociedades desiguales

Una gran brecha separa a los muy ricos de los demás, y esa desigualdad, hoy en el centro del debate económico, se ha convertido en una preocupación cada vez más acuciante incluso para ese famoso 1 por ciento privilegiado, que empieza a ser consciente de ...

Europa sin euros

soluciones para la crisis de Europa

Durante los últimos años se ha evidenciado que la gestión que se ha hecho de la crisis en la eurozona no solo no ha resuelto problemas, sino que parece haber empeorado la situación. La cohesión y el liderazgo que Europa pretendía lograr con la unificación ...

Fragile by design

the political origins of banking crises and scarce credit

Why are banking systems unstable in so many countries--but not in others? The United States has had twelve systemic banking crises since 1840, while Canada has had none. The banking systems of Mexico and Brazil have not only been crisis prone but have provided miniscule ...

Euro Crash

how asset price inflation destroys the Wealth of Nations

Euro Crash is a unique analysis of the European Monetary Union, arguing that it was not sub-optimal currency areas or profligate government spending but instead fatal flaws in monetary design and an appalling series of policy mistakes by the European Central Bank that lead to ...