The financial crisis : who is to blamé /

Main Author: Davies, H. 1951-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, UK ; Malden, MA : Polity Press, c2010
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245 1 4 |a The financial crisis :   |b who is to blamé /   |c Howard Davies 
260 |a Cambridge, UK ;   |b Polity Press,   |c c2010  |a Malden, MA :  
300 |a vi, 229 p. ;   |c 23 cm 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index 
505 0 |a The big picture. Frankenstein's monster: the end of laissez-faire capitalism ; The rich get richer, the poor borrow ; The savings glut: global imbalances ; Too loose for too long: U.S. monetary policy -- The trigger. Minsky's moment ; The subprime collapse: a failure of government? -- The failures of regulation. A capital shortage ; Procyclicality ; The canary in the coal mine: off-balance sheet vehicles ; The taxi at the station: liquidity ; The blind man and the elephant: U.S. regulation ; SEC, RIP? ; Financial weapons of mass destruction: derivatives ; Federal mortgage regulation ; Casino banking: the end of Glass-Steagall ; Too big to fail ; Lighting the touchpaper: light touch regulation ; There were three people in the marriage: UK regulation ; A failure of coordination ; Paradise lost: offshore centres -- Accountants, auditors and rating agencies. Shoot the messenger: fair value accounting ; Tunnel vision: the auditors ; Conflicts of interest: credit rating agencies -- Financial firms and markets. Breaking the chain: originate to distribute ; Too complex to trade: derivatives ; Disaster myopia: risk management ; The roach motel: corporate governance ; Blankfein's bonus: pay and incentives ; The vampire squid: fraud ; A plague of locusts: hedge funds ; Short-selling -- Economics and finance theory: irrational expectations. The death of economics ; Inefficient markets ; An ethics-free zone: business schools -- Wild cards. The watchdog that didn't bark: the media ; Greed is bad ; Lara Croft: video games ; Hormones -- And finally. A combustible mixture 
650 0 |a Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009 
650 0 |a Subprime mortgage loans   |z United States 
650 0 |a Bank failures   |z United States 
650 0 |a Banking law   |z United States 
650 0 |a Off balance sheet financing   |z United States 
650 0 |a Intervention (Federal government)   |z United States 
650 0 |a Credit ratings   |z United States 
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