The author examines the causes of the U.S. stock market crash of 2008 and its relation to overpriced real estate, bad mortgages, shareholder demand for excessive profits, and the growth of toxic derivatives.

Wie in "Die Gier war grenzenlos" von Anne T. (BA 6/09) wird eine Innensicht der internationalen Finanzmarktkrise, hier aus US-amerikanischer Sicht, geboten. Der Bestsellerautor (am bekanntesten der Insider-Bericht "Wall Street Poker", BA 9/90) schildert die Praktiken der Finanzunternehmen am...

China and the U.S. have a close but complicated economic relationship. This note provides a fuller picture of the tightening embrace between the two countries – in terms of flows of goods and services, financial capital and people – and discusses the potential flashpoints in this...