Der laut Cicero wichtigste Ökonom Deutschlands analysiert die aktuelle Finanzkrise. Er erklärt, warum Banker zu Glücksrittern wurden, und hinterfragt die zweifelhafte Rolle der Rating-Agenturen sowie das Engagement der deutschen Banken. Sinn blickt jedoch nicht nur zurück, sondern benennt...

Der laut Cicero wichtigste Ökonom Deutschlands analysiert die aktuelle Finanzkrise. Er erklärt, warum Banker zu Glücksrittern wurden, und hinterfragt die zweifelhafte Rolle der Rating-Agenturen sowie das Engagement der deutschen Banken. Sinn blickt jedoch nicht nur zurück, sondern benennt...

Incorporating currencies, payment methods, and protocols that computers use to talk to each other, digital currencies are poised to grow in use and importance. The Handbook of Digital Currency gives readers a way to learn about subjects outside their specialties and provides authoritative...

Islamic finance often faces numerous challenges in a dynamic marketplace. This book aims to discuss contemporary issues and challenges in Islamic finance to inform discussions surrounding the governance system, the Islamic legal system, prudential regulations, Islamic home financing, and Islamic...

This book presents a new, inter-disciplinary framework of financial instability that builds on the Post-Keynesian model of financial crises in the tradition of Hyman Minsky and Charles Kindleberger. It reincorporates John Maynard Keynes’ insights on economic conventions to explain how market...

This book examines the linkage between central bank structure, central bank autonomy-with respect to setting its monetary policy goals, choosing its policy mechanisms, legal independence, and financial independence-and monetary policy, both in select benchmark countries and at a broader...

This book presents detailed case studies of the first commercial internet digital currency systems developed between 1996 and 2004. Transactions completed with the new technology circumvented all US financial regulations, an opening that transnational criminals exploited. Mullan explains how an...

“It is an excellent read book and provides readers with some truly interesting insights into the dynamics of OIC markets. A comprehensive and rigorous study. Highly recommended for both academics and professionals.” - Dr Syed Aun R. Rizvi, (Lahore University of Management Sciences,) Pakistan...