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This book examines the role of financial institutions in the financial markets during normal times, as well as during the global financial crisis. Chapter 1 offers a brief introduction to the research topics in the book, while Chapter 2 discusses the impact of financial derivatives on risk...
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A survey of past financial crises, starting with the great banking collapses of the interwar period. The current turmoil has prompted a number of questions regarding both its origins and ways to avoid its repetition. The historical background and the evolving institutional framework of banking...
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wrong with mainstream economic theory, which was unable to foresee these types of economic turmoil; and thirdly, to review … macroeconomic theory, re-evaluating Keynes’ original contribution to economic analysis and pointing out the need to rebuild …
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This seventh edition of an investment classic has been thoroughly revised and expanded following the latest crises to hit international markets. Renowned economist Robert Z. Aliber introduces the concept that global financial crises in recent years are not independent events, but symptomatic of...
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The Economic Crisis and the State of Economics brings together leading economists from a diverse set of backgrounds and presents their take on how economics can explain the current crisis but also how the crisis will affect economic thought
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The US is slowly recovering from the aftermath of the burst of the 'new economy' bubble - which was one of the worst in monetary history. In this updated edition, Philip Arestis and Elias Karakitsos examine the causes and consequences of the burst of the 'new economy' bubble and investigate the...
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This book analyzes the status and position of African American men in the U.S. labor market prior to, during, and after the Great Recession. Using a model of occupational crowding, the book outlines how the representation of African American men in major occupational categories almost...
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The U.S. dollar has served as the key currency of the international economic/financial system for over fifty years. This study assesses the proposition that the series of U.S. current-account deficits over the last twenty years will shortly exhaust the capability of the dollar to continue as the...
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Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission’s interviews as well her own interviews, and drawing on Capture Theory and recent …
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The book constructs the Synergy Theory, a new theory of economic growth and calculation methodology. The book involves … theory, divides GDP into labor compensation, capital income, and synergistic benefits, further establishes the new empirical …, institutional innovation and economic externalies. Subsequently, it uses the method of Data Envelopment Analysis to calculate the …
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