Intro -- Contents -- Chapter One: Driven by Debt: Bankruptcy and Financial Failure in American Families - Katherine Porter -- Part I: The Debtor Next Door -- Chapter Two: A Vulnerable Middle Class: Bankruptcy and Class Status - Elizabeth Warren and Deborah Thorne -- Chapter Three: Out of...

Drawing on the movements of corporate social responsibility, socially responsible investing and sustainable development, this title examines the making of financial reality towards social responsibility and sustainability, and offers an understanding of finance as a collective construct and...

In The United States and the Global Economy, Frederick S. Weaver gives readers a concise introduction to the patterns of change in international financial and trade regimes since World War II in order to deepen their understanding of recent global economic turmoil. Weaver has compiled a clear...

Financing Africa takes stock of Africa's financial systems in light of recent changes in the global financial system -including the greater risk aversion of international investors, a shift in economic and financial powers towards emerging markets and the regulatory reform debate - and the...

Raghuram Rajan was one of the few economists who warned of the global financial crisis before it hit. Now, as the world struggles to recover, it's tempting to blame what happened on just a few greedy bankers who took irrational risks and left the rest of us to foot the bill. In Fault Lines,...

Examines the excuses professionals make when accused of acting unethically, and asks when they are valid and when not. This study of excuses aims to provide a challenging way to think about the nature of ethical problems in the professions and to suggest ways of solving them

This text opens with a discussion of the nature, causes and consequences of the Asian Financial Crisis (AFC). It examines the impact the AFC had as well as offers answers for the questions: why was the economic downturn so severe and why was the territory initially a laggard in economic recovery?

Financial Integration in East Asia by Gordon De Brouwer features important research assessing the theory and practice of financial integration and provides the first major study of the recent upheavals in East Asian financial markets and economies. This is the latest volume in the distinguished...