Financial crisis :causes, context and consequences /

Buckley, Adrian.

Financial crisis :causes, context and consequences / Adrian Buckley. - Harlow, England ; New York : Financial Times Prentice Hall, 2011. - xiv, 342 p. : col. ill. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-310) and index.

An overview of the financial crisis 2007/8 -- Governments and the financial crisis -- Personal finance, housing and the financial crisis -- The business of banking -- Subprime lenders and borrowers -- Credit default swaps and toxic assets -- Bank lending and control systems -- Regulation -- The business cycle, booms, busts, bubbles, and frauds -- Finance theories -- Other academic theories -- Bank failures in the USA -- Bank failures in the UK -- Bank failures in Europe -- The Great Depression -- Government responses to the crisis.

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Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009.
International finance.
Loans, Foreign.
Banks and banking--Corrupt practices.
Monetary policy.

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