Crises and Opportunities

The Shaping of Modern Finance
1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-0-19-960086-1
Verlag: Oxford University Press(UK)

Buch, Englisch, 216 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 222 mm, Gewicht: 445 g

Historical overview of eight major global financial crises: the Baring Crisis of 1890; the American Panic of 1907; the Financial Crisis in 1914; the Great Depression of 1929-33; the Financial Instability of the early 1970s; the International Debt Crisis of 1982; the Japanese Banking Crisis of 1997-8; and the Financial Debacle of 2008
Explored through themes of Governance, Regulation, International Cooperation, and the Balance of Power
Written by a leading financial historian in an accessible style

As the world's political and economic leaders struggle with the aftermath of the Financial Debacle of 2008, this book asks the question: have financial crises presented opportunities to rebuild the financial system?

Examining eight global financial crises since the late nineteenth century, this new historical study offers insights into how the financial landscape - banks, governance, regulation, international cooperation, and balance of power - has been (or failed to be) reshaped after a systemic shock. It includes careful consideration of the Great Depression of the 1930s, the only experience of comparable moment to the recession of the early twenty-first century, yet also marked in ist differences.

Taking into account not only the economic and business aspects of financial crises, but also their political and socio-cultural dimensions, the book highlights both their idiosyncrasies and common features, and assesses their impact in the broader context of long-term historical development.

Zielgruppe

This book is intended for academics and students in Business History, Economic History, and Politics; those working within Finance; and those interested in understanding the current financial crisis from a broader historical perspective

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cassis, Youssef

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Finanzsektor & Finanzdienstleistungen Finanzkrisen
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Geschichte
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Finanzsektor & Finanzdienstleistungen Bankwirtschaft
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Finanzkrisen, Wirtschaftskrisen
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Finanzsektor & Finanzdienstleistungen Finanzsektor & Finanzdienstleistungen: Allgemeines
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Wirtschaftspolitik, politische Ökonomie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Wirtschafts- und Finanzpolitik
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftsgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Wirtschaftsgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Christophe Mazurier: Foreword
Introduction
1: Pre-War Crises
2: Post-War Crises
3: Banks
4: Governance
5: Regulation
6: International Cooperation
7: Balance of Power
Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Youssef Cassis, Professor of Economic History, European University Institute, Florence

Professor of Economic History, European University Institute, Florence. His work mainly focuses on banking and financial history, as well as business history more generally. His numerous publications on the subject include City Bankers, 1890-1914 (1994), Big Business: The European Experience in the Twentieth Century (1997), and Capitals of Capital: A History of International Financial Centres, 1780-2005 (2006).