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The foreclosure of America The foreclosure of America Adam Michaelson "When business school classes study this collapse in hindsight many years from now..., they will certainly pore through reams of rich data, charts, and graphs, and seek out various flaws in the prese… OL13722517W
Meltdown Iceland Meltdown Iceland Roger Boyes The inside story of the bankrupting of Iceland. It is a truism that when America sneezes, Europe catches a cold. The sub-prime mortgage crisis, which began in America in 2007, unleashed a veritable e… OL14957254W
The Fall of the House of Credit The Fall of the House of Credit Alistair Milne How was it possible for problems in one relatively small sector in the global financial system - the American sub-prime mortgage market - to lead to the most serious economic crisis in living memory?… OL15169994W
Fool's gold Fool's gold Gillian Tett Award-winning journalist and social anthropologist Gillian Tett takes us inside the shadowy world of complex finance and derivatives and explains how the business of slicing and dicing debt led us to… OL15712259W
Good value Good value Stephen Green Green retraces the history of the global economy and its financial systems and argues that despite its recent lapses, the financial industry is more necessary than ever if business-people will look t… OL17741169W
Wo ru he nong kua Baling yin hang Wo ru he nong kua Baling yin hang Nicholas William Leeson 1995 nian ni ke. li sen nong kua le ba lin yin xing, kui kong gao da yi wan ying bang, cheng wei quan qiu zui hong dong de jin rong feng bao. OL20340955W
Bad banks Bad banks Alex Brummer Bad Banks is a gripping account of the problems and scandals that continue to bedevil the world's banking system some seven years after the credit crunch. It follows the fortunes and misfortunes of i… OL20983038W
Banker's Daughter Banker's Daughter Emran Mian Hanna has everything, and nothing. Her father once ran IBCD, a major Islamic bank that collapsed in financial scandal. Fleeing with his daughter to hide out in a hotel in Beirut, he has managed to es… OL21052724W
Nearly perfect storm Nearly perfect storm Uyless Black The Nearly Perfect Storm examines the financial, political, and social factors that led to the 2008 financial meltdown in America. It documents the corrupt behavior of several financial institutions,… OL24688806W
La crisis bancaria venezolana La crisis bancaria venezolana Francisco J. Faraco "Preliminary analysis of this important economic event in recent Venezuelan history. Provides useful background on the banking sector, monetary policy, and the initial reactions of the government. Pr… OL3168519W
L'implosion L'implosion Paul Jorion "Dans les premières années du XXIe siècle, une bulle se développa au sein de l'immobilier résidentiel américain. L'appréciation rapide du prix des maisons permit à des emprunteurs peu fortunés, regro… OL5654716W