causes and consequences of the financial crisis from the perspectives of five individual member states: Germany, France, the … UK, Italy and Spain. Furthermore, policy proposals which could change the role of the financial system to better serve …

in Germany / Ulrich Wengenroth -- Beyond state and market: Italy's futile search for a third way / Franco Amatori … twentieth-century France / Emmanuel Chadeau -- The rise and decline of Spanish state-owned firms / Albert Carreras, Xavier …

.K., Japan, France, Germany, Canada, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, Australia, the Netherlands, Sweden, Belgium, Ireland, Denmark … comprehensive and consistent analysis of investment returns for equities, bonds, bills, currencies and inflation, spanning sixteen …, and South Africa. Triumph of the Optimists is required reading for investment professionals, financial economists, and …