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Author Vasudevan, Ramaa.

Title Things Fall Apart : From the Crash of 2008 to the Great Slump.

Publication Info. New Delhi : SAGE Publications, 2013.

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Description 1 online resource (245 pages)
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Contents Cover ; Contents; List of Figures ; List of Abbreviations ; Preface ; 1 -- All That Is Solid Melts into Air ; 2 -- The Tip of the Iceberg ; 3 -- The House of Cards ; 4 -- When Wall Street Rules Main Street ; 5 -- Another Gilded Age ; 6 -- Dollar Rules ; 7 -- Aftershocks: The Crisis Goes Global ; 8 -- Beyond the Crisis ; Notes and References ; Some Suggestions for Further Reading ; Index ; About the Author.
Summary The crash of 2008, when financial markets came to a standstill, has had profound effects that are still being felt globally. Five years after those dramatic events, countries such as Greece, Spain, Italy, Portugal, and Cyprus are still reeling from the aftereffects of the financial crash, while the USA and the UK continue to be in the grip of a long slump. The crash exposed criminal swindles and the more rampant risky practices that have become the norm with the major banks. It has also revealed the failure of policy to curb unbridled risk taking with other people's money and the failure of pol.
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Subject Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009.
Global Financial Crisis (2008-2009)
Financial crises -- United States -- History.
Financial crises.
United States.
History.
Recessions -- United States -- History.
Recessions.
United States -- Economic conditions -- 2009-
Economic conditions.
Chronological Term 2009-
Subject United States -- Economic policy -- 2009-
Economic policy.
Chronological Term Since 2008
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Vasudevan, Ramaa. Things Fall Apart : From the Crash of 2008 to the Great Slump. New Delhi : SAGE Publications, ©2013 9788132110989
ISBN 9788132116387
8132116380
9788132110989
8132110986