The Federal Reserve and the financial crisis

In 2012, Ben Bernanke, chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve, gave a series of lectures about the Federal Reserve and the 2008 financial crisis, as part of a course at George Washington University on the role of the Federal Reserve in the economy. In ...

La crisis mundial

causas, respuestas y desafíos

INDICE: Respuestas a la crisis: perspectivas internacionales y regionales. La economía política de las respuestas a la crisis. La recuperación del empleo mediante puestos de trabajo de calidad. Lograr un crecimiento impulsado por los ingresos. Un nuevo equilibrio de la globalización.

El informe Stiglitz

la reforma del sistema económico en el marco de la crisis global

El informe, escrito por Joseph E. Stiglitz en colaboración con diversos expertos en economía de todo el mundo y apadrinado por Naciones Unidas, pone el énfasis en la necesidad de tomar medidas urgentes a nivel internacional (y no solo local) para evitar que la presente ...

Macroeconomics at the service of public policy

This volume uses state of the art models from the frontier of macroeconomics to answer key questions about how the economy functions and how policy should be conducted. The contributions cover a wide range of issues in macroeconomics and macroeconomic policy. They combine high level ...

The great Eurozone disaster

From crisis to global new deal

The last couple of years have seen the eurozone lurch from crisis to calamity. With Greece, Portugal and Ireland already driven to the brink of economic catastrophe, and the threat that a number of other EU countries are soon to follow, the consequences for the ...

The locust and the bee

predators and creators in capitalism's future

The recent economic crisis was a dramatic reminder that capitalism can both produce and destroy. It's a system that by its very nature encourages predators and creators, locusts and bees. But, as Geoff Mulgan argues in this compelling, imaginative, and important book, the economic ...

De la burbuja inmobiliaria al decrecimiento

causas, efectos y perspectivas de la crisis

Las agencias de calificación

una introducción al actual poder del capital

¿Quién hay detrás de las agencias de calificación de las que se ha hablado tanto en el curso de la crisis financiera? ¿Y qué criterios de trabajo siguen? ¿Por qué campan a sus anchas sin que nadie haga nada? En este libro se presenta por ...

The handbook of credit risk management

originating, assessing, and managing credit exposures

A comprehensive guide to credit risk management The Handbook of Credit Risk Management presents a comprehensive overview of the practice of credit risk management for a large institution. It is a guide for professionals and students wanting a deeper understanding of how to manage credit ...

The leaderless economy

why the world economic system fell apart and how to fix it

The Leaderless Economy reveals why international financial cooperation is the only solution to today's global economic crisis. In this timely and important book, Peter Temin and David Vines argue that our current predicament is a catastrophe rivaled only by the Great Depression. Taking an ...

Inside and outside liquidity

Why do financial institutions, industrial companies, and households hold low-yielding money balances, Treasury bills, and other liquid assets? When and to what extent can the state and international financial markets make up for a shortage of liquid assets, allowing agents to save and share risk ...

Wall Street values

business ethics and the global financial crisis

This timely book answers complex and perplexing questions raised by Wall Street's role in the financial crisis. What are the economic and moral connections between Wall Street and the overall economy? How did we arrive at this point in history where our most powerful ...

It's not over

structural drivers of the global economic crisis

The current economic crisis also resulted in a crisis of sorts, within the discipline of economics. The mainstream supply-side theories failed spectacularly to predict the crisis. This calls for alternative theoretical structures which would explain the causes of the same. This book is an attempt ...

End this depression now!

The Great Recession is more than four years old - and counting. Yet, as Nobel Prize winning author Paul Krugman argues in this powerful new book, "Nations rich in resources, talent, and knowledge - all the ingredients for prosperity and a decent standard of living for all ...

The redistribution recession

how labor market distortions contracted the economy

Since 2007, many fundamental aspects of the economy and the labor market have changed dramatically. With the exception of Medicaid, subsidies flowing to the unemployed and financially distressed households in the forms of loan forgiveness and government transfers almost tripled. The generosity of mean-tested subsidies ...

La crisis de la Unión monetaria europea

(Revista Economistas, Nº 133, año 2012)

SUMARIO:Mercados financieros internacionales y financiación bancaria en la zona del euro: dinámica y participantes Jaime Caruana | Adrian Van Rixtel Breve historia de una gran crisis no resuelta Jaime Requeijo La crisis de la Unión Monetaria: la respuesta de las instituciones europeas Silvia Iranzo Crisis ...

Economía política de la crisis

Economía política de la crisis es un análisis colectivo de las causas y de las principales consecuencias de la crisis que padecemos. Contiene quince artículos escritos por profesores vinculados al Máster de Economía Internacional y Desarrollo, del departamento de Economía Aplicada I de la Universidad ...

The global minotaur

America, Europe and the future of the global economy

In this remarkable and provocative book, Yanis Varoufakis explodes the myth that financialisation, ineffectual regulation of banks, greed and globalisation were the root causes of the global economic crisis. Rather, they are symptoms of a much deeper malaise which can be traced all the way ...

After the music stopped

the financial crisis, the response, and the work ahead

Many fine books on the financial crisis were first drafts of history—books written to fill the need for immediate understanding. Alan S. Blinder, esteemed Princeton professor, Wall Street Journal columnist, and former vice chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, held off, taking the time ...

Migraciones internacionales e impacto de la crisis económica

compromisos de la OIT

La monografía recoge las ponencias presentadas al seminario internacional Migraciones Internacionales e Impacto de la Crisis Económica: Compromisos de la OIT, que se celebró el 21 de septiembre de 2012 en la Universidad de Alcalá. La relevancia científica del libro deriva de la necesidad de ...