Part I- The Crisis: Micro-Macro Perspective -- Chapter1- Pathology of the Crisis -- Chapter 2- Sub-Prime Debt Imbroglio : Risks-Rewards of Financial Sophistication -- Chapter 3- Policy Response -- Chapter 4- Why Is the Economy Not Taking Off? -- Chapter 5- Euro-Sclerosis: Causation and Control...

In Economic Reform Now , some of the world's leading economists issue a strong warning on the grave errors that are threatening to force the global economy over the brink. As Europe moves closer to economic disaster, and America fights double-digit unemployment, this is a must-read for policy...

The thought-provoking book presents alternative viewpoints to mainstream macroeconomic theory, questions conventional policy wisdom and suggests a systematic re-orientation of current macroeconomic and financial regulatory policies in India. The New Consensus Macroeconomics (NCM), which...

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This book describes the international context and some of the factors that have weakened the influence of Keynesian economic thought. It illustrates economic responses offered by the new Keynesian school and the alternative perspective on the global crisis presented by the monetary circuit...

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Analysis of the current financial/economic crisis from the Director of the Banking Sector at the FSA (Financial Services Authority). New edition updated to take account of changes in regulation and legislation in the US, EU and UK. Many of these changes were in line with the recommendations made...

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The book examines the expansion of investment and trade between China and New Zealand, and its changing composition within the political framework, especially the 2008 Free Trade Agreement. Particular attention is paid to China's volatile agrifood market, where New Zealand dairy products play an...