Chapter 1 Introduction -- Chapter 2 Impact of 2008 Global Financial Crisis -- Chapter 3 National Intellectual Capital Development of the Four Small European Countries -- Chapter 4 The Aftermath of 2008 Global Financial Crisis -- Chapter 5 Future Perspective and Policy Implications.

The response in 2008-09 to the global financial crisis was in many ways a high water mark for transatlantic policy coordination. The major economies of the EU and the US rapidly agreed on a series of measures to limit the crisis. However, the common approach has since unraveled. This paper...

We review the competing explanations of the 2007-2008 global crisis, recall how governments around the world had to depart from established policy stances, and reflect on the legacy of the crisis both in terms of future challenges and changes in policy doctrine. The G-20 has addressed important...