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Radical Origins to Economic Crises - German Bernacer, A Visionary Precursor (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018): Henri Savall Radical Origins to Economic Crises - German Bernacer, A Visionary Precursor (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018)
Henri Savall
R3,174 Discovery Miles 31 740 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book presents the complete and pioneering works of the great Spanish economist, German Bernacer (1883-1965), to an English audience for the first time. Bernacer, the first director of the Research Service of the Bank of Spain (1930-55), inspired Keynes' theory but was also a major critic and opponent of it. A macro economist by trade, Bernacer's major theory related to recurring crises, which he believed were inherent in the existence of speculative markets such as property, works of art, long term currency markets, commercial trading, materials, and energy. Bernacer believed that these speculative markets generate unearned income and hoarding,they abound in financial capital and, when such capital is captured, it then lacks in production industries where real value is created, draining their financing. The author shows how history has repeated itself in this manner in 1929, 2007, 2008, 2014 and 2016. The author derives his content from Bernacer's Spanish publications and his private correspondence with his contemporary economists, providing an historical and thematic insight into his thinking. It is well-timed to contribute to current worldwide debates on monetary,financial and budgetary policies needed to implement an economic order that can restore economic stability, providing readers with rare and important insights into the deep roots of crises. The book will be of interest to all readers interested in the history of economic thought, history of financial crises, Keynesian approaches to economics and criticism to Keynesian approaches.

Towards a General Theory of Deep Downturns - Presidential Address from the 17th World Congress of the International Economic... Towards a General Theory of Deep Downturns - Presidential Address from the 17th World Congress of the International Economic Association in 2014 (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)
Joseph E. Stiglitz
R1,482 Discovery Miles 14 820 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Joseph Stiglitz examines the theory behind the economic downturns that have plagued our world in recent times. This fascinating three-part lecture acknowledges the failure of economic models to successfully predict the 2008 crisis and explores alternative models which, if adopted, could potentially restore a stable and prosperous economy.

Democracy and Financial Order: Legal Perspectives (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018): Matthias Goldmann, Silvia Steininger Democracy and Financial Order: Legal Perspectives (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018)
Matthias Goldmann, Silvia Steininger
R4,129 Discovery Miles 41 290 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book discusses the relationship between democracy and the financial order from various legal perspectives. Each of the nine contributions adopts a unique perspective on the legal and political challenges brought to the fore by the Global Financial Crisis. This crisis and the ensuing sovereign debt crisis in Europe are only the latest in a long series of financial crises around the globe in recent decades. By their very existence, but also as a result of the political turmoil they have created, these financial crises testify to the well-known tensions between democracy and a market-based economic and financial order. However, what is missing in this debate is an analysis of the role of law for reconciling democracy with a market-based financial order. To fill this lacuna, the book focuses on the controversy surrounding the concept of law, thereby adding another variable to the debate on the relation between democracy and capitalism. Each chapter addresses the concept of law from a particular theoretical angle, be it a full-grown legal theory or an approach in political economy that has a particular view of the law.

The Impoverishment of the African Red Sea Littoral, 1640-1945 (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018): Steven Serels The Impoverishment of the African Red Sea Littoral, 1640-1945 (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018)
Steven Serels
R2,628 Discovery Miles 26 280 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The African Red Sea Littoral, currently divided between Sudan, Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Djibouti, is one of the poorest regions in the world. But the pastoralist communities indigenous to this region were not always poor-historically, they had access to a variety of resources that allowed them to prosper in the harsh, arid environment. This access was mediated by a robust moral economy of pastoralism that acted as a social safety net. Steven Serels charts the erosion of this moral economy, a slow-moving process that began during the Little Ice Age mega-drought of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries and continued through the devastating famines of the twentieth century. By examining mass sedentarization after the Second World War as merely the latest manifestation of an inter-generational environmental and economic crisis, this book offers an innovative lens for understanding poverty in northeastern Africa.

Banks, Bankers, and Bankruptcies Under Crisis - Understanding Failure and Mergers During the Great Recession (Hardcover): D.... Banks, Bankers, and Bankruptcies Under Crisis - Understanding Failure and Mergers During the Great Recession (Hardcover)
D. Chorafas
R2,881 Discovery Miles 28 810 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Banks, Bankers, and Bankruptcies Under Crisis uses case studies of failed banks, banks that would have failed without taxpayer intervention, and in some cases banks obliged to merge under government pressure, to better understand global banking today.

The Triple Crisis of Western Capitalism - Democracy, Banking, and Currency (Hardcover): T. Lauk The Triple Crisis of Western Capitalism - Democracy, Banking, and Currency (Hardcover)
T. Lauk
R3,524 Discovery Miles 35 240 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Tillmann C. Lauk discusses law-making at the European level and argues that problems with EU legislation, banking regulation and currency debasement are due to a lack of democratic control. He insists on the need for radical reform both of banking and of international money and makes an important contribution to the debate on the future of finance.

Modern Financial Crises - Argentina, United States and Europe (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016): Beniamino Moro, Victor A Beker Modern Financial Crises - Argentina, United States and Europe (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)
Beniamino Moro, Victor A Beker
R3,911 R2,042 Discovery Miles 20 420 Save R1,869 (48%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book is devoted to the analysis of the three main financial crises that have marked this century: 2001 Argentina's defaulting on its external debt, the American subprime crisis in 2008, and the current European debt crisis in Europe. The book pursues three major objectives: firstly, to accurately portray these three financial crises; secondly, to analyze what went wrong with mainstream economic theory, which was unable to foresee these types of economic turmoil; and thirdly, to review macroeconomic theory, re-evaluating Keynes' original contribution to economic analysis and pointing out the need to rebuild macroeconomics with a view to studying economic illness rather than trying to prove the non-existence of economic problems.

Economic and Financial Crises - A New Macroeconomic Analysis (Hardcover): A. Cencini, S Rossi Economic and Financial Crises - A New Macroeconomic Analysis (Hardcover)
A. Cencini, S Rossi
R4,196 Discovery Miles 41 960 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book deals with the structural origins of economic and financial crises. It explains that both economic theories and policies need to be grounded on a monetary macroeconomic analysis of the working of domestic and international economies. The volume outlines reform proposals to make sure that banking activities respect the nature of money.

A History of Financial Crises - Dreams and Follies of Expectations (Hardcover): Cihan Bilginsoy A History of Financial Crises - Dreams and Follies of Expectations (Hardcover)
Cihan Bilginsoy
R5,870 Discovery Miles 58 700 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

"Once-in-a-lifetime" financial crises have been a recurrent part of life in the last three decades. It is no longer possible to dismiss or ignore them as aberrations in an otherwise well-functioning system. Nor are they peculiar to recent times. Going back in history, asset price bubbles and bank-runs have been an endemic feature of the capitalist system over the last four centuries. The historical record offers a treasure trove of experience that may shed light on how and why financial crises happen and what can be done to avoid them - provided we are willing to learn from history. This book interweaves historical accounts with competing economic crisis theories and reveals why commentaries are often contradictory. First, it presents a series of episodes from tulip mania in the 17th century to the subprime mortgage meltdown. In order to tease out their commonalities and differences, it describes political, economic, and social backgrounds, identifies the primary actors and institutions, and explores the mechanisms behind the asset price bubbles, crashes, and bank-runs. Second, it starts with basic economic concepts and builds five competing theoretical approaches to understanding financial crises. Competing theoretical standpoints offer different interpretations of the same event, and draw dissimilar policy implications. This book analyses divergent interpretations of the historical record in relation to how markets function, the significance of market imperfections, economic decision-making process, the role of the government, and evolutionary dynamics of the capitalist system. Its diverse theoretical and historical content of this book complements economics, history and political science curriculum.

Iceland and the International Financial Crisis - Boom, Bust and Recovery (Hardcover): Eirikur Bergmann Iceland and the International Financial Crisis - Boom, Bust and Recovery (Hardcover)
Eirikur Bergmann
R1,926 Discovery Miles 19 260 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In the years leading up to the Crash of 2008, Iceland had been triumphed in world business media as an economic miracle. Its new breed of Viking Capitalism had become rock stars of the global finance driven economy, even while it was testing the foundations of Europe's financial system. Eirikur Bergmann applies Postcolonial analysis to explain the paradigmatic case of Iceland's fantastical boom, bust and rapid recovery after the Crash. His critical approach to the claims of the financialization advocates relates the questions of the national economy and globalisation to current trends in Europe and the World.

Lawless Capitalism - The Subprime Crisis and the Case for an Economic Rule of Law (Hardcover): Steven A. Ramirez Lawless Capitalism - The Subprime Crisis and the Case for an Economic Rule of Law (Hardcover)
Steven A. Ramirez
R3,114 Discovery Miles 31 140 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In this innovative and exhaustive study, Steven A. Ramirez posits that the subprime mortgage crisis, as well as the global macroeconomic catastrophe it spawned, is traceable to a gross failure of law. The rule of law must appropriately channel and constrain the exercise of economic and political power. Used effectively, it ensures that economic opportunity isn't limited to a small group of elites that enjoy growth at the expense of many, particularly those in vulnerable economic situations. In Lawless Capitalism, Ramirez calls for the rule of law to displace crony capitalism. Only through the rule of law, he argues, can capitalism be reconstructed.

Hungary and Other Emerging EU Countries in the Financial Storm - From Minor Turbulences to a Global Hurricane (Hardcover, 1st... Hungary and Other Emerging EU Countries in the Financial Storm - From Minor Turbulences to a Global Hurricane (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020)
Julia Kiraly
R2,873 Discovery Miles 28 730 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book analyzes the banking crisis and the events surrounding it in Hungary and other emerging EU member countries in 2007-2013. Written by Julia Kiraly, a former policymaker, and the Deputy Governor of the Hungarian Central Bank at the time of the crisis, it also offers a firsthand account of the processes in and responses to the financial crisis. While there is extensive literature on the crisis, most of it focuses on the US or the Eurozone, sometimes mentioning the "emerging world" in passing. However, Central and Eastern Europe experienced the crisis very differently than other emerging countries. In the pre-crisis years, the region in accession to the EU attracted abundant fresh capital, but the seemingly unconstrained global liquidity fuelled credit bubbles. After the Lehman crisis, capital rapidly fled these countries. In this part of the world, the recession proved to be much worse than elsewhere, with double-digit growth soon turning into a double-digit decline in GDP. Several countries had to turn to the IMF and the EU for stand-by credit. Based on her own inside experience as a top central banker, the author offers a personal yet professional analysis of the causes and consequences of the financial hurricane.

Fighting the First Wave - Why the Coronavirus Was Tackled So Differently Across the Globe (Hardcover): Peter Baldwin Fighting the First Wave - Why the Coronavirus Was Tackled So Differently Across the Globe (Hardcover)
Peter Baldwin
R806 Discovery Miles 8 060 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

COVID-19 is the biggest public health and economic disaster of our time. It has posed the same threat across the globe, yet countries have responded very differently and some have clearly fared much better than others. Peter Baldwin uncovers the reasons why in this definitive account of the global politics of pandemic. He shows that how nations responded depended above all on the political tools available - how firmly could the authorities order citizens' lives and how willingly would they be obeyed? In Asia, nations quarantined the infected and their contacts. In the Americas and Europe they shut down their economies, hoping to squelch the virus's spread. Others, above all Sweden, responded with a light touch, putting their faith in social consensus over coercion. Whether citizens would follow their leaders' requests and how soon they would tire of their demands were crucial to hopes of taming the pandemic.

Germany's War Debt to Greece - A Burden Unsettled (Hardcover): Nicos Christodoulakis Germany's War Debt to Greece - A Burden Unsettled (Hardcover)
Nicos Christodoulakis
R1,481 Discovery Miles 14 810 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

With tensions rising over Greece's current debt crisis, this study chronicles the Occupation Loan that was forcibly obtained by the Third Reich from Greece in 1942-44. It demonstrates why Greece's claim for the repayment of the loan is still valid and endeavours to estimate its present value. To overcome the absence of a normal debt agreement between the two countries, various assessments of its current value are presented and discussed. A proposal is outlined on how the German obligation can be settled within the bailout agreement that Greece has signed to face the current debt crisis. Resolving a longstanding issue and bringing justice to the sacrifices that Greece made during WW2, the settlement will also help to mitigate the hostile stereotyping that is presently developing between the two countries. This text provides a close study of Greece's economic history and present crisis. It will make essential reading for scholars and students of economic history and those interested in the European economic crisis.

A Flow-of-Funds Perspective on the Financial Crisis Volume I - Money, Credit and Sectoral Balance Sheets (Hardcover): B.... A Flow-of-Funds Perspective on the Financial Crisis Volume I - Money, Credit and Sectoral Balance Sheets (Hardcover)
B. Winkler, A. Van Riet, P. Bull, Ad van Riet
R3,589 Discovery Miles 35 890 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Flow-of-funds accounts are a component of the national accounts system reporting the financial transactions and balance sheets of the economy, classified by sectors and financial instruments. The biggest financial crisis in a lifetime has shown how important it is to have a deep knowledge of the financial balance sheets of the main sectors of the economy and the financial flows that take place between them. This type of information is essential for a proper understanding of the transmission of monetary and financial shocks through the economy, thereby complementing traditional monetary analysis centred on bank balance sheets.
This publication takes a flow-of-funds perspective of the financial crisis. The book highlights the ongoing efforts in the central bank and academic community to gain a deeper understanding of the implications of the financial crisis for monetary analysis and to develop empirical tools to extract regularities from the rich flow-of-funds dataset. The authors cover in this respect the full range of financial assets held by different sectors of the economy, including the balance sheet of financial intermediaries, bank leverage issues and their implications for the supply of credit to the economy, as well as the portfolio choices, savings behaviour and debt financing of households and non-financial corporations. Over time, this should enable monetary policy-makers to apply the new insights and instruments for a richer analysis of credit cycles and the transmission of monetary policy via flow-of-funds variables.

Multi-level Finance and the Euro Crisis - Causes and Effects (Hardcover): Ehtisham Ahmad, Massimo Bordignon, Giorgio Brosio Multi-level Finance and the Euro Crisis - Causes and Effects (Hardcover)
Ehtisham Ahmad, Massimo Bordignon, Giorgio Brosio
R4,190 Discovery Miles 41 900 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Are fiscally decentralized countries inherently more unstable? Or is it a question of the design of decentralization, requiring, for example, higher sub-national revenue autonomy and hard budget constraints? The ongoing euro crisis offers an assortment of relevant country case studies to test some of those important propositions. This volume provides authoritative and insightful assessments of how decentralization and macroeconomic stability relate to each other, and significantly contributes to our understanding of multi-level finance and to improving decentralization design.' - Jorge Martinez-Vazquez, Georgia State University, USRepresenting a unique contribution to the analysis and discussion of the unfolding Eurozone crisis in terms of the relationship between central and local government, this book addresses a number of important fiscal and political economy questions. To what extent have local and regional governments contributed to the crisis? To what degree have sub-national services and investments borne the brunt of the adjustments? How have multi-level fissures affected tensions between different levels of government from the supranational to the local? This volume covers these and many other critical issues that have been largely ignored despite their relevance. The book first addresses general issues of fiscal coordination and management across levels of government in the context of incentives, which can be altered by the existence of a supranational tier. The country-specific chapters, prepared by leading experts, provide a thorough review of the key problems of multi-levels of government in the biggest economies in the Eurozone (France and Germany) and Southern Europe (Portugal, Spain, Italy and Greece). In further chapters the juxtaposition of Barcelona and Turin provides an opportunity to evaluate large investments in a multi-level context, associated, in this case, with the Olympics. Macedonia provides a discussion of the related issues in an EU accession country. As a whole, the book explores the long-term impact of the crisis on local service delivery and investment, and the consequences for sustainable growth and political cohesion. It also offers rarely found insights and suggestions to increase the stability and strength of multi-level European institutions. This is an enlightening resource for all those, from academics and graduates to policy makers and practitioners, seeking a comprehensive understanding of European fiscal, federal and financial issues. Contributors: E. Ahmad, M.F. Ambrosanio, P. Balduzzi, M. Bordignon, G. Brosio, G. Chortareas, M. Fortuna, P. Garello, S. Lagos-Penas, V.E. Logothetis, G. Milbradt, L.F. Minervini, A. Mourmouras, M. Nikolov, J.S. Pandiello, S. Piperno, P. Rangazas, A. Sole Olle, P.B. Spahn, T. Ter-Minassian, A. Vinella

The Great Crash of 1929 - A Reconciliation of Theory and Evidence (Hardcover): A. Kabiri The Great Crash of 1929 - A Reconciliation of Theory and Evidence (Hardcover)
A. Kabiri
R3,840 Discovery Miles 38 400 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Understanding the American stock market boom and bust of the 1920s is vital for formulating policies to combat the potentially deleterious effects of busts on the economy. Using new data, Kabiri explains what led to the 1920s stock market boom and 1929 crash and looks at whether 1929 was a bubble or not and whether it could have been anticipated.

Financial Stability in the Aftermath of the 'Great Recession' (Hardcover): P. Arestis, E. Karakitsos Financial Stability in the Aftermath of the 'Great Recession' (Hardcover)
P. Arestis, E. Karakitsos
R3,512 Discovery Miles 35 120 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The financial crisis and the ensued 'great recession' are primarily caused by the excessive liquidity that was created in the last thirty years or so of inequality that benefited greatly the financial sector, deregulation and financial liberalisation as well as financial innovation, which are based on the supposedly superior intellectual model of the Efficient Markets Hypothesis. There were also contributory factors that accentuated the process, such as international financial imbalances, the monetary policy pursued at the time, and the role played by the credit rating agencies. The New Consensus Macroeconomics model that forms the backbone of the way the economy works and how monetary policy should be formulated in theory and practice is scrutinised. It is argued that the traditional approach of viewing housing as a capital good must be dropped and housing should be viewed as a speculative asset, akin to equities. This new theorising is necessary as in the traditional approach bubbles cannot exist. A chapter is devoted to the causes of the European Union (EU) debt crisis, the reasons why the crisis has dragged on, the remedial treatment applied so far, offering alternative viable solutions to the crisis and examining the channels through which the EU debt crisis might spread to the rest of the world. Finally, the book draws on the lessons for theory and policy from the recent experience and discusses in detail the new regulatory environment that policymakers attempt to put in place to avert another credit crisis.

Japan's Great Stagnation and Abenomics - Lessons for the World (Hardcover): Masazumi Wakatabe Japan's Great Stagnation and Abenomics - Lessons for the World (Hardcover)
Masazumi Wakatabe
R4,153 Discovery Miles 41 530 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

As the global Great Recession continues, policymakers, economists, and the public are turning to Japenses economic revitalization for answers. Paul Krugman, Nobel laureate in Economics, once said that Japan was a "full-dress rehearsal for the current crisis." Japan has experienced and valiantly overcome the burst of their Bubble economy, financial crisis, lukewarm recovery, and more than a decade-long deflation and stagnation to become one of the most stable economies today. Japan's Great Stagnation and Abenomics reveals the striking similarities of economic events and policies between the Great Stagnation and the current Great Recession. It also suggests possible dangers ahead and way-outs in the future. This exciting new volume is based on Wakatabe's expertise in economic history and the history of economic ideas and argues that any policy decision is related to cultural ideology. An investigation into the relationship between cultural ideology and policy helps us better understand the policy-making process.

The Limits to Capital in Spain - Crisis and Revolt in the European South (Hardcover): G. Charnock, T. Purcell, R. Ribera-Fumaz The Limits to Capital in Spain - Crisis and Revolt in the European South (Hardcover)
G. Charnock, T. Purcell, R. Ribera-Fumaz
R2,576 R1,900 Discovery Miles 19 000 Save R676 (26%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Since the 1970s, global capitalism has been marked by evermore intense cycles of boom and crisis. Today, Spain is at the epicentre of a crisis that threatens the future of the eurozone. Drawing upon Marxian value theory, Charnock, Purcell, and Ribera-Fumaz explain the deep historical and structural roots of the crisis in Spain, contextualised within global political and economic transformations in recent decades. They analyse the most recent cycle of boom and crisis in Spain, the nexus among European circuits of financial capital, urbanisation, and the emergent dynamics of state austerity and popular revolt - from the indignados movement to demands for an independent Catalonia.

Bubbles and Contagion in Financial Markets, Volume 1 - An Integrative View (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016): E. Porras Bubbles and Contagion in Financial Markets, Volume 1 - An Integrative View (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)
E. Porras
R2,186 Discovery Miles 21 860 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Understanding the formation of bubbles and the contagion mechanisms afflicting financial markets is a must as extreme volatility events leave no market untouched. Debt, equity, real estate, commodities... Shanghai, NY, or London: The severe fluctuations, explained to a large extent by contagion and the fear of new bubbles imploding, justify the newly awaken interest in the contagion and bubble dynamics as yet again the world brazes for a new global economic upheaval. Bubbles and Contagion in Financial Markets explores concepts, intuition, theory, and models. Fundamental valuation, share price development in the presence of asymmetric information, the speculative behavior of noise traders and chartists, herding and the feedback and learning mechanisms that surge within the markets are key aspects of these dynamics. Bubbles and contagion are a vast world and fascinating phenomena that escape a narrow exploration of financial markets. Hence this work looks beyond into macroeconomics, monetary policy, risk aggregation, psychology, incentive structures and many more subjects which are in part co-responsible for these events. Responding to the ever more pressing need to disentangle the dynamics by which financial local events are transmitted across the globe, this volume presents an exhaustive and integrative outlook to the subject of bubbles and contagion in financial markets. The key objective of this volume is to give the reader a comprehensive understanding of all aspects that can potentially create the conditions for the formation and bursting of bubbles, and the aftermath of such events: the contagion of macro-economic processes. Achieving a better understanding of the formation of bubbles and the impact of contagion will no doubt determine the stability of future economies - let these two volumes be the starting point for a rational approach to a seemingly irrational phenomena.

Banking Crises - Perspectives from the New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016): Garett Jones Banking Crises - Perspectives from the New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)
Garett Jones
R3,592 Discovery Miles 35 920 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Why do banks collapse? Are financial systems more fragile in recent decades? Can policies to fix the banking system do more harm than good? What's the history of banking crises? With dozens of brief, non-technical articles by economists and other researchers, Banking Crises offers answers from diverse scholarly viewpoints.

Rethinking the Market Economy - New Challenges, New Ideas, New Opportunities (Hardcover): J. Lambin Rethinking the Market Economy - New Challenges, New Ideas, New Opportunities (Hardcover)
J. Lambin
R2,007 Discovery Miles 20 070 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book explores the changing socio-economic and technological landscape of the 21 century and what it means. It adopts an industrial economic approach, whilst proposing a road map leading to the adoption of a 'societal market economy' model as an appealing and politically acceptable third-way between capitalism and socialism.

Economic Crisis in Europe and the Balkans - Problems and Prospects (Hardcover, 2014 ed.): Anastasios Karasavvoglou, Persefoni... Economic Crisis in Europe and the Balkans - Problems and Prospects (Hardcover, 2014 ed.)
Anastasios Karasavvoglou, Persefoni Polychronidou
R3,845 R3,563 Discovery Miles 35 630 Save R282 (7%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The economies of the European countries are still in recession, the development process is at a standstill, companies are facing financial difficulties, and the EU's monetary policy is tight and focused on lowering inflation. The fiscal problems and high debt levels of the northern European countries are of great importance, and they are the consequences of both the European economy's structural characteristics and the EU's policies. The economic area of Eastern Europe, the Balkans and the Black Sea countries is also vital, due to its special economic characteristics. The effects of the economic crisis on this particular area are catalytic, while the prospects for recovery are doubtful. The present book deals with the key aspects of the economic crisis in Europe, especially focusing on southeast Europe and the Balkans. The consequences of the crisis in these countries are analyzed and suggestions for how to address the crisis are outlined.

America's Fiscal Constitution - Its Triumph and Collapse (Hardcover): Bill White America's Fiscal Constitution - Its Triumph and Collapse (Hardcover)
Bill White
R1,458 Discovery Miles 14 580 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

What would Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Lincoln, the Roosevelts, Truman, and Eisenhower have done about today's federal debt crisis?America's Fiscal Constitution tells the remarkable story of fiscal heroes who imposed clear limits on the use of federal debt, limits that for two centuries were part of an unwritten constitution. Those national leaders borrowed only for extraordinary purposes and relied on well-defined budget practices to balance federal spending and revenues. That traditional fiscal constitution collapsed in 2001. Afterward,for the first time in history,federal elected officials cut taxes during war, funded permanent new programs entirely with debt, grew dependent on foreign creditors, and claimed that the economy could not thrive without routine federal borrowing.For most of the nation's history, conservatives fought to restrain the growth of government by insisting that new programs be paid for with taxation, while progressives sought to preserve opportunities for people on the way up by balancing budgets. Virtually all mainstream politicians recognized that excessive debt could jeopardize private investment and national independence.With original scholarship and the benefit of experience in finance and public service, Bill White dispels common budget myths and distills practical lessons from the nation's five previous spikes in debt. America's Fiscal Constitution offers an objective and hopeful guide for people trying to make sense of the nation's current, most severe, debt crisis and its impact on their lives and our future.

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