The banking crisis in 2007-10 was one amongst many such crises in the past. This book provides a fresh approach to liquidity. It starts from basics and gradually builds up analysis of credit lines with few technicalities. Though the analysis is theoretical, the book provides a historical background, a macroeconomic perspective, and policy implications. An integrated view of the pre-1983 and the post-1983 literature is provided. A solution to the related problem of sudden outflow of funds from emerging economies is also suggested.

This book examines banking crises from the perspective of liquidity, offering a theoretical analysis that also sets the recent global financial crisis in its historical perspective.

Liquidity in the context of a banking crisis can refer either to currency or flexible goods. This book explores both views, arguing that a liquidity problem should be seen as an increased demand for currency. The book also addresses the question of whether systemic panic bank runs are always a case of market failure.

The volume examines where and how the market can fail in taking care of the liquidity problem, and explores the government 's role, offering suggestions for a new policy framework. This book will be of great interest to students and researchers in the field of banking and finance, as well as to practitioners and policy makers.