This paper analyzes on a comparative basis the impact of the two major contemporary financial crises in Japan and in the United States. They were both the result of the burst of speculative bubbles that had allowed the high increase in the value of real estate and equity. The abrupt reversal of...

The paper analyzes the development of the contemporary globalized financial system as a consequence of the innovations introduced by private markets, but mostly the strategy of the governments, particularly the US. This new global financial system, based on the floating dollar, generated many...

The paper analyzes the development of the contemporary globalized financial system as a consequence of the innovations introduced by private markets, but mostly the strategy of the governments, particularly the US. This new global financial system, based on the floating dollar, generated many...

This paper analyzes on a comparative basis the impact of the two major contemporary financial crises in Japan and in the United States. They were both the result of the burst of speculative bubbles that had allowed the high increase in the value of real estate and equity. The abrupt reversal of...