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9780471790716

Manias, Panics, and Crashes: A History of Financial Crises, 5th Edition

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  • ISBN13:

    9780471790716

  • ISBN10:

    0471790710

  • Edition: 5th
  • Format: eBook
  • Copyright: 2006-02-01
  • Publisher: Wiley
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Summary

A scholarly and entertaining account of the way that mismanagement of money and credit has led to financial explosions over the centuries. Covering such topics as the history and anatomy of crises, speculative manias, and the lender of last resort, this book has been hailed as "a true classic...both timely and timeless." The updated fifth edition expands upon each chapter, and includes two new chapters covering significant crises of the last fifteen years around the world.

Table of Contents

Foreword by Robert M. Solow. 1. Financial Crisis: A Hardy Perennial. 2. Anatomy of a Typical Crisis. 3. Speculative Manias. 4. Fueling them Flames: The Expansion of Credit. 5. The Critical Stage. 6. Euphoria and Economic Booms. 7. International Contagion. 8. Bubble Contagion: Tokyo to Bangkok to New York. 9. Frauds, Swindles, and the Credit Cycle. 10. Policy Responses: Letting It Burn Out, and Other Devices. 11. The Domestic Lender of Last Resort. 12. The International Lender of Last Resort. 13. The Lessons of History and the Most Tumultuous Decades. Appendix. Notes. Index.

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