Economic & Financial Crises & Disasters

The 2008 financial crisis--like the Great Depression--was a world-historical event. What caused it will be debated for years, if not generations. T...

Die von der Weltgesundheitsorganisation als COVID-19 bezeichnete Atemwegserkrankung entwickelte sich zu einer globalen Pandemie. Fast alle Länder u...

*INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER**NO. 1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER*Extraordinary The ObserverA stupefyingly pleasurable book to read New YorkerLewis...

China's economic growth is sputtering, the Euro is under threat, and the United States is combating serious trade disadvantages. Another Great Depr...

'The most explosive, mind-blowing business book I've ever read' Bradley Hope, New York Times bestselling author of Billion Dollar Whale'Jaw-droppi...

Behind every financial crisis lurks a political bubble--policy biases that foster market behaviors leading to financial instability. Rather than ti...

Using extensive documentary evidence and interviews with former Lehman employees, Oonagh McDonald reveals the decisions that led to Lehmans collaps...

The subprime mortgage crisis has already wreaked havoc on the lives of millions of people and now it threatens to derail the U.S. economy and econo...

The first three volumes of the series, available for purchase as a set now! The Possible Futures Series gathers together leading social scientists...

This book focuses on the global financial crisis of 2008-2009 and its implications for democracy. Why and how did the crisis come about? Are there ...

Dollar, Euro's and Debt discusses the recent financial, economic, and fiscal crisis. It argues that the focus that has been put on cyclical aspects...

This book sheds light on the impact of the Great Recession from the perspective of both developing and developed countries. It traces the complex a...

CNBC's David Faber takes an in-depth look at the causes and consequences of the recent financial collapse And Then the Roof Caved In lays bare the...

The book that inspired the movie Collapse. The world is running short of energy-especially cheap, easy-to-find oil. Shortages, along with resultin...

Through analysing banking systems, this book develops a unique conceptual framework for exploring paradigmatic differences and evolutionary paths a...

This volume investigates the policies and politics of extreme austerity, setting the crisis in Greece in its global context. Featuring multidiscipl...

Why do stock and housing markets sometimes experience amazing booms followed by massive busts and why is this happening more and more frequently? I...

Joseph Stiglitz examines the theory behind the economic downturns that have plagued our world in recent times. This fascinating three-part lecture ...

Latin America was one of the regions least affected by the global financial crisis of 2008. During this time of widespread economic downfall, Latin...

Published to mark the 30th anniversary of the financial revolution known as 'Big Bang', Crash Bang Wallop will tell the gripping story of how the c...

An understanding of personal debt requires an understanding of the complex social systems that produce poverty. By drawing upon international persp...

In this revised, updated, and expanded edition of his New York Times bestseller, Nobel Prize-winning economist Robert Shiller, who warned of both t...

Crisis is everywhere: in Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, and the Congo; in housing markets, money markets, financial systems, state budgets, and sovereig...

Supported by ten years of research, Wigmore has gathered extensive data covering the 2008 financial crisis and subsequent recovery to provide the f...

This book, based on an empirical form of narration, outlines a short-medium term analysis of the social impact of austerity politics on urban life....

Between 1760 and 1860, the English countryside was subject to constant attempts at agricultural improvement. Most often these meant depriving cotta...

Killing Bugs for Business and Beauty examines the beginning of Canadas aerial war against forest insects and how a tiny handful of officials came t...

A collapsing pound, spiralling oil prices, near-rationing of electricity over the past half-century, Britains economy has lurched from one crisis t...

The European public debt problem was in the making long before the 2007-2009 recession, as budget deficits had become endemic. A similar crisis is ...