Macroeconomics, finance and money

essays in honour of Philip Arestis

Eds. Giuseppe Fontana, John McCombie, Malcolm Sawyer. An internationally respected team of contributors have been brought together to analyse core issues in Macroeconomics, Finance and Money which have arisen in the aftermath of the financial crisis. This volume presents a collection of outstanding papers that ...

Governing risk

the IMF and global financial crises

With the effects of the latest financial crisis still unfolding, this engaging book provides a timely analysis of the politics of international financial reform. By comparing the policies the international community requested the IMF to follow in the aftermath of the Mexican, Asian and subprime ...

Desigualdades

mujeres y hombres en la crisis financiera

Prol. José Luis Sampedro. A medida que ha ido avanzando la crisis financiera se ha extendido la idea de que las mujeres la han resistido mejor que los hombres porque se han perdido más empleos masculinos que femeninos. Este libro demuestra que ésta es una ...

The post "Great Recession" US economy

implications for financial markets and the economy

Following the success of the first edition, the second edition builds systematically an appropriate framework to explain and analyze the economics of depression or the asset and debt deflation process that has been relevant in the last three cycles. It shows that the internet, housing ...

Financial instability

toolkit for interpreting boom and bust cycles

Why have financial crises been increasingly frequent and severe in the last thirty years? How can financial crises be prevented? What role do governments and international institutions play in their prevention? How does the latest crisis fit in the long-term political economy cycle of finance ...

Crónicas de un país que se creía rico

Tras las andanzas tragicómicas del país que se creía rico, se esconden las reflexiones de un autor que desentraña la realidad de la crisis, su carácter natural, el grave riesgo de decadencia y la fórmula para superarla con éxito. Las recetas económicas para salir a ...

The death of capital

how creative policy can restore stability

In "The Death of Capital", respected portfolio manager and longtime investment professional Michael Lewitt looks at how the U.S. economy has increasingly been dominated by short-term speculation rather than industrial expansion in recent years. These disastrous trends, described here as financialization, ignore the fact ...

Solo ante mi ruina ninja

Después de una intensa y exitosa vida profesional desarrollada en algunas de las empresas más importantes del país,el autor,director general y fundador de la empresa Intermedia Soluciones Financieras, nos relata en éstas páginas cómo presenció la explosión de la crisis internacional,cómo se ...

In and out of crisis

the global financial meltdown and left alternatives

Our world is in the grips of the most calamitous economic crisis since the Great Depression # and its epicenter is the imperial United States, where hallowed investment banks have disappeared overnight, giants of industry have gone bankrupt, and the financial order has been shaken to ...

Estado y mercado, en situación de crisis

Eds. José María Rodríguez de Santiago y Francisco Velasco Caballero. (Anuario de la Facultad de Derecho de la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid 14 - 2010). ÍNDICE: Presentación.- ¿Tiene el Estado social moderno que salvar un mercado en crisis? FERNANDO VALLESPIN.- Crisis global y respuesta mundial, ANTONIO ...

When free markets fail

saving the market when it can´t save itself

This title provides authoritative guidance for navigating inevitable financial market regulation. The reform of this country's financial regulation will be one of the most significant legislative programs in a generation. "When Free Markets Fail: Saving the Market When It Can't Save Itself" outlines ...

Senseless panic

how Washington failed America

The 1980s opened with the prime interest rate at an astonishing 21.5 percent, leading to a severe recession with unemployment reaching nearly 11 percent. Depression-like conditions befell the agricultural sector, a bubble burst in the energy sector, a rolling real estate recession swept the ...

El poder

un nuevo análisis social

El filósofo británico Bertrand Russell analiza uno de los temas esenciales de la civilización humana: el poder. El autor analiza sus mecanismos y sus diversas manifestaciones, utilizando en esta apasionante indagación la historia, la sociología y la filosofía. Afirma Russell que #entre los deseos infinitos ...

Bailout Nation

how greed and easy money corrupted Wall Street and shook the world economy

An engaging look at what led to the financial turmoil we now find ourselves in Bailout Nation offers one of the clearest looks at the financial lenders, regulators, and politicians responsible for the financial crisis of 2008. Written by Barry Ritholtz, one of today's ...

Adiós, ladrillo, adiós

claves para superar el crash inmobiliario

¿Por qué parecía que la vivienda en España nunca bajaba? ¿Es verdad que el sector inmobiliario mueve ingentes cantidades de dinero B? ¿Cómo fomentan la especulación las administraciones públicas? ¿Es posible que la vivienda protegida encarezca los pisos? ¿Por qué los suelos son tan caros ...

Nouvelles normes financiéres

s'organiser face à la crise

Dir. Christian Walter. La crise financière de 2008 a placé l'ensemble des règles comptables et prudentielles de la finance sur le banc des accusés. Or ces normes qui règlent la vie du monde financier ont subi une profonde refonte depuis les années 1990. Devant ...

Global financial integration thirty years on

from reform to crisis

Eds. Geoffrey R.D. Underhill, Jasper Blom, Daniel Mügge. Early in the new millennium it appeared that a long period of financial crisis had come to an end, but the world now faces renewed and greater turmoil. This volume analyses the past three decades of ...

Future trends from past cycles

indentifying share price trends and turning points through cycle, channel and probability analysis

Harnessing probabilities with groundbreaking precision "Future Trends from Past Cycles" explains how to identify potential future trends and turning points in equity prices (short, long and medium-term) by analysing past cycles in market data. Brian Millard's renowned technical expertise and mathematical insight forms the ...

History of greed

financial fraud from Tulip Mania to Bernie Madoff

Praise for "History of Greed: 'David Sarna is a visionary technologist. He is also a sophisticated investor and financier. He has written a readable, comprehensive, fascinating, and well-researched book that explores troublesome aspects of the financial system in a way only an experienced insider could ...

And then the roof caved in

how Wall Street's greed and stupidity brought capitalism to its knees

CNBC's David Faber takes an in-depth look at the causes and consequences of the recent financial collapse And Then the Roof Caved In lays bare the truth of the credit crisis, whose defining emotion at every turn has been greed, and whose defining failure ...