Manias, panics and crashes : a history of financial crises / Robert Z. Aliber, Emeritus Professor of International Economics and Finance, Booth School of Business, University of Chicago and Charles P. Kindleberger, formerly Ford Professor of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Edition: Seventh EditionDescription: ix, 426 pages ; 24 cmISBN: 9781137525758 (pbk.)Subject(s): Financial crises | Business cycles | DepressionsDDC classification: 338.5/42 LOC classification: HB3722. | K56 2015Online resources: Publisher descriptionItem type | Current library | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reservations |
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Revised edition of Manias, panics, and crashes, 2011.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 379-403) and index.
Foreword -- Robert M. Solow -- Introduction -- Financial crises: a hardy perennial -- The anatomy of a typical crisis -- Speculative manias -- Fueling the flames : the expansion of credit -- The critical stage : when the bubble is about to pop -- Euphoria and paper wealth -- Bernie madoff : frauds, swindles, and the credit cycle -- International contagion 1618¿1930 -- Bubble contagion : mexico city to tokyo to bangkok to new york, london, and reykjavik -- Euromania and eurocrash -- Policy responses : benign neglect, exhortation, and bank holidays -- The domestic lender of last resort -- The international lender of last resort -- The lehman panic : an avoidable crash -- The lessons of history -- Epilogue -- Afterword / Lord Robert Skidelsky.