Lessons from the Financial Crisis

The world's best financial minds help us understand today's financial crisis With so much information saturating the market for the everyday investor, trying to understand why the economic crisis happened and what needs to be done to fix it can be daunting. There is a real need, and demand, from both investors and the financial community to obtain answers as to what really happened and why. Lessons from the Financial Crisis brings together the leading minds in the worlds of finance and academia to dissect the crisis. Divided into three comprehensive sections-The Subprime Crisis; The Global Financial Crisis; and Law, Regulation, the Financial Crisis, and The Future-this book puts the events that have transpired in perspective, and offers valuable insights into what we must do to avoid future missteps.* Each section is comprised of chapters written by experienced contributors, each with his or her own point of view, research, and conclusions* Examines the market collapse in detail and explores safeguards to stop future crises* Encompasses the most up-to-date analysis from today's leading financial minds We currently face a serious economic crisis, but in understanding it, we can overcome the challenges it presents. This well-rounded resource offers the best chance to get through the current situation and learn from our mistakes.

ISBN 0470561777   Pages 668 ISBN13 9780470561775 (What's this?)   Weight (grammes) 1332 Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd   Published in Chichester Imprint John Wiley & Sons Ltd   Series title Robert W. Kolb Series Format Hardback   Height (mm) 261 Publication date 18 Jun 2010   Width (mm) 189 DEWEY 332.090511   Spine width (mm) 36 DEWEY edition DC22   Academic level Professional / Scholarly

		Acknowledgments
		Editor's Note
		Introduction
PART I		Overview of the Crisis		1
1		Leverage and Liberal Democracy by George Bragues		3
2		A Property Economics Explanation of the Global Financial Crisis by Frank Decker		9
3		Of Subprimes and Sundry Symptoms: The Political Economy of the Financial Crisis by Ashok Bardhan		17
4		The Political Economy of the Financial Crisis of 2008 by Roger D. Congleton		23
5		The Global Financial Crisis of 2008: What Went Wrong? by Linda Weiser Friedman		31
6		The Roots of the Crisis and How to Bring It to a Close by James K. Galbraith		37
7		Enron Rerun: The Credit Crisis in Three Easy Pieces by Jonathan C. Lipson		43
8		The Global Crisis and Its Origins by Peter L. Swan		51
9		Four Paradoxes of the 2008-2009 Economic and Financial Crisis by John E. Marthinsen		59
10		Understanding the Subprime Financial Crisis by Steven L. Schwarcz		69
PART II		Causes and Consequences of the Financial Crisis		77
11		The Origins of the Financial Crisis by Matthew S. Johnson		79
12		Ten Myths about Subprime Mortgages by Yuliya Demyanyk		87
13		The Financial Crisis: How Did We Get Here and Where Do We Go Next? New Evidence on How the Crisis Spread Among Financial Institutions by Glenn H. Yago		95
14		A Decade of Living Dangerously: The Causes and Consequences of the Mortgage, Financial, and Economic Crises by Jarjisu Sa-Aadu		103
15		Making Sense of the Subprime Crisis by Paul Willen		109
16		Miraculous Financial Engineering or Legacy Assets? by Ivo Pezzuto		119
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