A Crisis of Beliefs: Investor Psychology and Financial Fragility (Gennaioli Nicola)(Paperback)

A Crisis of Beliefs: Investor Psychology and Financial Fragility (Gennaioli Nicola)(Pevná vazba)

A Crisis of Beliefs: Investor Psychology and Financial Fragility (Gennaioli Nicola)(Paperback)

How beliefs shape financial markets and expose the economy to major risksThe collapse of Lehman Brothers in September 2008 caught markets and regulators by surprise. Nicola Gennaioli and Andrei Shleifer walk readers through the unraveling of Lehman and the ensuing meltdown of the US financial

Firefighting - The Financial Crisis and its Lessons (Bernanke Ben S.)(Paperback / softback)

The primary architects of the response to the 2008 financial crisis offer a magnificent big-picture synthesis - from why it happened to where we are

Principles of Financial Regulation (Armour John)(Paperback)

The financial crisis of 2007-9 revealed serious failings in the regulation of financial institutions and markets, and prompted a fundamental reconsideration of the design of financial regulation. As the financial system has become ever-more complex and interconnected, the pace of evolution

Stress Test - Reflections on Financial Crises (Geithner Timothy)(Paperback / softback)

On 26 January, 2009, during the depths of the financial crisis and having just completed five years as President of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, the author was sworn in by President Barack Obama as the seventy-fifth Secretary of the Treasury of the US. This book takes you behind the scenes

Adaptive Markets: Financial Evolution at the Speed of Thought (Lo Andrew W.)(Paperback)

A new, evolutionary explanation of markets and investor behaviorHalf of all Americans have money in the stock market, yet economists can't agree on whether investors and markets are rational and efficient, as modern financial theory assumes, or irrational and inefficient, as behavioral economists

Can Financial Markets Be Controlled? (Davies Howard)(Pevná vazba)

The Global Financial Crisis overturned decades of received wisdom on how financial markets work, and how best to keep them in check. Since then a wave of reform and re-regulation has crashed over banks and markets. Financial firms are regulated as never before. But have these measures been

The Return of High Inflation: Risks, Myths, and Opportunities (Hammes Wolfgang H.)(Paperback)

This book is about the NEXT financial crisis. A crisis, that - according to the author - will result from an unexpected return of high inflation and rising interest rates. The author explains the risks of such an event, describes analogies from the past, and offers numerous paradigms, concepts, and

Europe and the Financial Crisis (Della Posta Pompeo)(Pevná vazba)

The global financial and economic crisis has brought about many effects that are still difficult to interpret univocally. This book studies the consequences of the crisis on Europe by examining the effects on the European institutional setup, governance and architecture and by studying in detail

Can We Avoid Another Financial Crisis? (Keen Steve)(Paperback)

The Great Financial Crash had cataclysmic effects on the global economy, and took conventional economists completely by surprise. Many leading commentators declared shortly before the crisis that the magical recipe for eternal stability had been found. Less than a year later, the biggest economic

1931: Debt, Crisis, and the Rise of Hitler (Straumann Tobias)(Paperback)

Germany's financial collapse in the summer of 1931 was one of the biggest economic catastrophes of modern history. It led to a global panic, brought down the international monetary system, and turned a worldwide recession into a prolonged depression. The crisis also contributed decisively to the

Events and Sustainability (Holmes Kirsten)(Paperback)

Increasing concerns over climate and environmental change, the global economic and financial crisis and impacts on host communities, audiences, participants and destinations has reinforced the need for more sustainable approaches to events. Sustainability now features as part of the bid process for

Justice and Penal Reform: Re-Shaping the Penal Landscape (Farrall Stephen)(Paperback)

In the aftermath of the financial crisis of 2008, Western societies entered a climate of austerity which has limited the penal expansion experienced in the US, UK and elsewhere over recent decades. These altered conditions have led to introspection and new thinking on punishment even among those on

What Every Environmentalist Needs to Know about Capitalism (Magdoff Fred)(Paperback)

Praise for Foster and Magdoff's The Great Financial Crisis: In this timely and thorough analysis of the current financial crisis, Foster and Magdoff explore its roots and the radical changes that might be undertaken in response. . . . This book makes a valuable contribution to the ongoing

End of the Party (Rawnsley Andrew)(Paperback / softback)

Including inside accounts of all the key events from 9/11 and the Iraq War to the financial crisis and the parliamentary expenses scandal, the author takes us through the triumphs and tribulations of New

World's Ends (Chaplin Paul)(Paperback)

The Coronavirus crisis uniquely offers dramatic insights into psychology: individual, crowd and political. As a Certified CBT Practitioner, and former barrister and solicitor, with his unique life experience, Paul offers his own insights on this world-changing crisis. Blowing suddenly from the

The Psychology of Trust (Rotenberg Ken J.)(Paperback)

What makes us trust people? How is trust developed and maintained? Is Western society facing a crisis of trust? The Psychology of Trust addresses trust issues that are directly relevant to peoples' experiences in their daily lives. It identifies the factors that cause people to trust, and the

Socialism (Lamb Peter)(Paperback)

Socialism has made a dramatic comeback in the 21st century. In the wake of financial crisis, mounting inequality and social decay, it seems more relevant than ever. Nobody who seeks to understand contemporary politics can ignore it. In this book, leading scholar Peter Lamb identifies the key

Irrational Exuberance (Shiller Robert J.)(Paperback)

Why the irrational exuberance of investors hasn't disappeared since the financial crisisIn this revised, updated, and expanded edition of his New York Times bestseller, Nobel Prize-winning economist Robert Shiller, who warned of both the tech and housing bubbles, cautions that signs of irrational

Muslims: Their Religious Beliefs and Practices (Bernheimer Teresa)(Paperback)

Muslims: Their Religious Beliefs and Practices offers a survey of Islamic history and thought from the formative period of the religion to the contemporary period. It examines the unique elements which have combined to form Islam, in particular the Qur'ān and perceptions of the Prophet Muhammad,

Unexpected Outcomes: How Emerging Economies Survived the Global Financial Crisis (Wise Carol)(Paperback)

' This volume documents and explains the remarkable resilience of emerging market nations in East Asia and Latin America when faced with the global financial crisis in 2008-2009. Their quick bounceback from the crisis marked a radical departure from the past, such as when the 1982 debt shocks

Wreckage (Robotham Michael)(Paperback / softback)

Set in the turbulent aftermath of the Global Financial Crisis, The Wreckage pits Vincent Ruiz against powerful agents who will stop at nothing to bury

Beliefs: Pathways to Health and Well-Being (Dilts Robert)(Paperback)

This second edition of Beliefs: Pathways to Health & Well-Being includes new and updated material and offers leading edge technologies that rapidly and effectively identify and remodel limiting beliefs. It teaches you powerful processes for change and demonstrates how to identify and change

The Violence of Austerity (Whyte David)(Paperback)

In the aftermath of the global financial crisis in 2008, Britain's government put into effect a hotly contested series of major cuts in public expenditure with the stated aim of restoring economic security. Since then, this reign of austerity continues to devastate contemporary Britain through a