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The Economics of the Financial Crisis

Lessons and New Threats

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  • © 2011

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Authors:
  1. Marco Annunziata
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Part of the book series: Finance and Capital Markets Series (FCMS)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. A Brief History of Portentous Times

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Introduction

      • Marco Annunziata
      Pages 3-9

    3. How Did We Get There?

      • Marco Annunziata
      Pages 10-29

    4. The Earthquake

      • Marco Annunziata
      Pages 30-52

  3. Globalization: Hopes, Fears, and Shifting Powers

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 51-51
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    2. Asia Fuels Hopes and Fears

      • Marco Annunziata
      Pages 53-70

    3. No Man Is an Island

      • Marco Annunziata
      Pages 71-82

    4. Europe’s Hubris

      • Marco Annunziata
      Pages 83-110

  4. Lessons Right and Wrong

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 111-111
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    2. Deflation, Quantitative Easing, and the Money Multiplier

      • Marco Annunziata
      Pages 113-139

    3. Has Capitalism Failed?

      • Marco Annunziata
      Pages 140-157

    4. Scapegoating and Ethics

      • Marco Annunziata
      Pages 158-171

  5. The Way Forward

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 173-173
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    2. The Eurozone’s Existential Challenge

      • Marco Annunziata
      Pages 175-204

    3. Exit

      • Marco Annunziata
      Pages 205-216

    4. Conclusion

      • Marco Annunziata
      Pages 217-221

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 222-231
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Through the tools of economics, Annunziata's vivid and gripping book shows how the global financial crisis was caused by a failure of leadership and common sense in which we all played a role. The insights of this clear and compelling analysis are essential for learning the right lessons from the crisis, and seeing new threats around the corner.

About the author

MARCO ANNUNZIATA is the Chief Economist of General Electric. A member of the ECB's Shadow Council and the European Council of Economists, he has been featured on Bloomberg, CNBC, and in the Financial Times and the Wall Street Journal. He has spent 16 years between the IMF and the private financial sector.

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