1 Introduction -- 2 General Issues in Bankruptcy Law -- 3 Are Banks Special? Implications for Bank Bankruptcy Law -- 4 Systemic Crises -- 5 General Issues on the structure of Banking Industry -- 6 Current Bank Bankruptcy Regimes and Recent Developments -- 7 Optimal Design of Bank Bankruptcy Law...

Amid the turmoil in the Eurozone, economic problems in Russia, stagnation in Japan, and rumblings that China may slip into recession, the one reliable asset is the American dollar. While it may encounter ups and downs, investors for decades have been confident that it will never lose a...

Singapore had been one of the nations severely affected by the 2008-09 global financial and economic crisis. The city state came under pressure through the financial, trade, and confidence channels. To counter these shocks, Singapore policymakers undertook unprecedented monetary and fiscal...

In Failure by Design, the Economic Policy Institute's Josh Bivens takes a step back from the acclaimed State of Working America series, building on its wealth of data to relate a compelling narrative of the U.S. economy's struggle to emerge from the Great Recession of 2008. Bivens explains the...

Professor Eichengreen has published widely on the international monetary and financial system. His books include Capital Flows and Crises, and Financial Crises and What to Do About Them. Data shows that Emerging Asia relies less on bonds and more on banks than developed countries. What costs, if...

Rezension: Bezüglich des letzten Werks "Markt ohne Moral" (BA 6/10) der Volkswirtschaftlerin und Ex-Bankerin ist nochmal eine Steigerung bezüglich klarer Darstellung und Verständlichkeit festzustellen. Die Autorin - weit davon entfernt, eine Euro- oder gar Europaskeptikerin zu sein -...

Verfestigung existenzbedrohender, kriegsähnlicher Zustände ausgelöst durch unterschiedliche Vorstellungen kapitalistischer Finanzwirtschaft und durch politische Ohnmacht und Inkompetenz. (Elke Günther)

Die Finanzkrise hat in ihrer jüngsten Zuspitzung zu einer unverkennbaren Krise des Regierens geführt, zu einer Notstandspolitik in der Grauzone zwischen Wirtschaft und Politik: Die Regierungsgeschäfte haben Expertenkomitees, improvisierte Gremien und 'Troikas' übernommen, deren Legitimation...