Financial Crisis

Financial crises happen time and again in post-industrial economies - and they are extraordinarily damaging. Building on insights gleaned from many years of work in the banking industry and drawing on a vast trove of data, Richard Vague argues that such crises follow a pattern that makes them both predictable and avoidable. A Brief History of Doom examines a series of major crises over the past 200 years in the United States, Great Britain, Germany, France, Japan, and China - including the Great Depression and the economic meltdown of 2008.

The Roots of America’s Debt Crisis and What it Means for Our Future America is on a precarious financial brink with a national debt that has soared, surpassing our gross domestic product by more than 25 percent. In this urgent and enlightening book, distinguished legal expert Howard Mick delves into the fiscal policies that have led us here and presents a clear pathway out of the impending crisis. Inside Debt and Taxes, you will discover: Historical Context: The decisions and policies that have escalated the national debt to its current unsustainable level and contributed to wealth ...

In this study, Edward Yardeni and Melissa Tagg, two of the world’s most experienced and widely followed investment strategists and Fed watchers, provide investors with a practical understanding of the forces that drove monetary and fiscal policies during 2020 in response to the Great Virus Crisis. The focus is on the Fed. At the beginning of the year, Fed Chair Jerome Powell and his colleagues expected that the longest economic expansion in US history would continue and that the federal funds interest rate would remain range-bound between 1.50% and 1.75%.The outlook changed dramatically ...

Greedy Bastards tells the story of Sheryl and her new team’s uphill battle to turn around San Antonio city government. She takes you behind closed doors to share the hard changes she made and the strategies she used to create mutually beneficial solutions to the city’s biggest problems. Many of the issues Sheryl found in San Antonio are present in cities across the US. Packed with wins and losses, lessons learned, and pitfalls encountered, Greedy Bastards is a guidebook for any city official tasked with turning around a struggling city.

The Number That Killed Us finally tells the "greatest story never told": how a mysterious financial risk measurement model has ruled the world for two decades and how it repeatedly, and severely, caused market, economic, and social turmoil. This model was the key factor behind the unleashing of the cataclysmic credit crisis that erupted in 2007 and which the effects are still being felt around the world.

Nobody likes the I.R.S.... But that is Jesse’s job... Could he survive the nightmare coming his way? It wasn’t the life he imagined growing up. He had a wife, but his marriage was in trouble; a career, but it was eating him alive; and enemies? Yes, he had them, too... and they were powerful. Jesse thought if he worked hard and kept his head down, the troubles from his past wouldn’t find him. He was wrong. Los Osos, California, was idyllic in many ways. Jesse and Amber’s love seemed to be taken from the pages of a small-town romance novel, but that was before MacElveign set his ...

Philip Dunbar is a slacker. A newly minted college graduate, Philip is unsure of what to do with his life. With pressure from his father and U.S. Senator, Philip enters a chaotic job market, spending months looking for work until he finally lands a job at a local branch for a major bank. Dealing with psychotic customers and impossible sales goals, Philip is eventually fired due to his poor sales performance. But after accidentally uncovering a Ponzi scheme, Philip is rehired and is thrust into the world of corporate finance, getting promoted to work in New York City. It is there Philip ...

Did Wall Street cause the mess we are in? Should Washington place stronger regulations on the financial industry? Can we lower unemployment rates by controlling the free market? Answer: no. Not only is free-market capitalism good for the economy, it is our only hope for recovery. As the nation’s longest-serving CEO of one of the top 25 financial institutions, John Allison has had a unique inside view of the events leading up to the financial crisis.

This book explores how interconnected our world has become and how quickly one event can ripple across continents. The story begins with a single spark on distant shores, setting off a chain reaction through international markets. As tariff wars escalate, industries and consumers everywhere feel the strain, revealing the fragile ties binding global economies. Geopolitical tensions add fuel to the fire, turning economic skirmishes into full-blown crises. The roots of inflation are traced back to these conflicts, exposing how hidden forces quietly erode purchasing power. Recession emerges not...

When everything crumbles, this book becomes your roadmap back to stability and success. Are you feeling overwhelmed by life's challenges? Struggling with financial stress, relationship breakdowns, career setbacks, or just feeling completely lost? You're not alone—and this isn't the end of your story. "When Life Falls Apart" delivers 15 immediately actionable steps that have helped thousands navigate their darkest moments and emerge stronger than ever.What You'll Discover: 🔹 Foundation Reset Strategies How to restore your physical and mental health when everything feels chaotic The ...

Central Banking in Turbulent Times examines fundamental questions about the central banking system, asking whether the model of an independent central bank devoted to price stability is the final resting point of a complex development that started centuries ago. It dissects the hypothesis that the Great Recession has prompted a reassessment of that model; a renewed emphasis on financial stability has emerged, possibly vying for first rank in the hierarchy of objectives of central banks.

Jack West is a hotel staff member in Washington DC. One rainy morning, he walks into a room and finds a corpse. Homicide detectives discover that the corpse belongs to Ivan Montgomery, a secret service agent. As the detectives link up with agent Tillman, they begin to find evidence that leads them to believe the current financial collapse is being brought about by foreign spies. The president will need to act fast to identify the spies, find the killer, and prevent a complete economic collapse. But with corruption running rampant in high positions of power, including his own staff, who can ...

In Bad Money, Phillips describes the consequences of our misguided economic policies, our mounting debt, our collapsing housing market, our threatened oil, and the end of American domination of world markets. America's current challenges (and failures) run striking parallels to the decline of previous leading world economic powers - especially the Dutch and British.

Macroeconomics takes a broad perspective on the economy of a country or region; it studies economic changes in the aggregate, collecting data on production, unemployment, inflation, consumption, investment, trade, and other aspects of national and international economic life. Policymakers depend on macroeconomists' knowledge when making decisions about such issues as taxes and the public budget, monetary and exchange rate policies, and trade policies-all of which, in turn, affect decisions made by individuals and businesses.

When a financial emergency hits, most people aren’t prepared—and typical budgeting advice won’t save you. The Emergency Budget Kit is the no-fluff, step-by-step guide to surviving financial disaster and reclaiming control when money gets tight and panic sets in. Whether you've just lost your job, your income has dropped overnight, or you're drowning in bills with no clear way out, this book shows exactly what to do next—hour by hour, dollar by dollar. Built from real-world crisis management, this 30-chapter survival manual teaches you how to stabilize fast, cut non-essentials, and ...

The Shifts and the Shocks is not another detailed history of the crisis, but the most persuasive and complete account yet published of what the crisis should teach us about modern economies and economics. The audiobook identifies the origin of the crisis in the complex interaction between globalization, hugely destabilizing global imbalances and our dangerously fragile financial system.

In this newly revised second edition, offering 50% entirely new material, The Panic of 1907: Heralding a New Era of Finance, Capitalism, and Democracy, delivers a groundbreaking examination of one of the most consequential crises in financial history. Deftly weaving historical evidence, insightful analysis, and compelling narrative, The Panic of 1907 explains how and why a financial panic unfolds, with lessons that can be applied to our understanding of present-day financial and monetary systems.

The legendary investor and bestselling author shares his unique template for how debt crises work and principles for dealing with them well. This template allowed his firm, Bridgewater Associates, to antic­ipate 2008’s events and navigate them well while others struggled badly. As he explained in his international best­seller Principles, Ray Dalio believes that almost everything happens over and over again through time, so that by studying patterns one can understand the cause-effect relationships behind events and develop principles for dealing with them well.

The fastest Wall Street crash. Six trillion dollars lost in six days. In February 2020, global financial markets entered a historic sell-off. Six trillion dollars was lost over a period of six trading days, it was the the fastest crash ever recorded on Wall Street. Inside readers will find the answers to important questions including, why did the financial markets crash in 2020? What happened to investments during the sell-off? Is investor's money safe in the stock market? How did it impact growth in the U.S. economy? Plus, includes: 2020 financial charts market commentary historical ...

A conspiracy theory of the highest magnitude....starting from personal problems to global financial crises.....is it a sign of the new world order? A sign of the times?