Global Financial Crisis

From the three primary architects of the American policy response to the worst economic catastrophe since the Great Depression, a magnificent big-picture synthesis - from why it happened to where we are now....

The two great financial crises of the past century are the Great Depression of the 1930s and the Great Recession, which began in 2008. Both occurred against the backdrop of sharp credit booms, dubious banking practices, and a fragile and unstable global financial system....

Atif Mian and Amir Sufi reveal in House of Debt how the Great Recession and Great Depression were caused by a large run-up in household debt....

How to Speak Money reveals how the language of money is often a tool to conceal and mislead; he explains hundreds of common economic terms and argues that we all need to speak money lest those who do write the financial rules for themselves....

In 2006, Ben S. Bernanke was appointed chair of the Federal Reserve, capping a meteoric trajectory from a rural South Carolina childhood to public service in Washington's halls of power....

In The Hellhound of Wall Street, Michael Perino recounts in riveting detail the 1933 hearings that put Wall Street on trial for the Great Crash....

The compelling story of the Lehman Brothers collapse will interest anyone who cares about what caused the financial crisis, whether the leaders of the Federal Reserve have given accurate accounts of their actions, and how the Fed can prevent future financial disasters....

This audiobook is the alarming, untold story of Citigroup - one of the largest financial institutions in the world - from its founding in 1812 to its role in the 2008 financial crisis, and the many near-death experiences in between....

What is wrong with today's banking system? The past few years have shown that risks in banking can impose significant costs on the economy....

Ray Dalio, the legendary investor and #1 New York Times bestselling author of Principles—whose books have sold more than five million copies worldwide—shares his unique template for how debt crises work and principles for dealing with them well....

Throughout history, rich and poor countries alike have been lending, borrowing, crashing--and recovering--their way through an extraordinary range of financial crises....

Bailout Nation offers one of the clearest looks at the financial lenders, regulators, and politicians responsible for the financial crisis of 2008....

An absorbing, smart, and accessible blend of economic and cultural history....

In The End of Alchemy, Mervyn King offers us an essential work about the history and future of money and banking, the keys to modern finance....

More than an account about numbers and credit risks gone bad, On the Brink is a story about people and politics - all brought together during the world's impending financial Armageddon....

Raghuram Rajan was one of the few economists who warned of the global financial crisis before it hit....

Hundreds of books have been written about the financial crisis that engulfed the world after Lehman Brothers went bankrupt....

A former chair of the Federal Reserve explains the transformation of one our most powerful and consequential institutions....

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....

Most people don't give a second thought to the Federal Reserve, but they should. In End the Fed, Ron Paul argues that the Fed is both corrupt and dangerously autonomous....