Lessons from the Financial Crisis: Causes, Consequences, and Our Economic FutureRob Quail The world's best financial minds help us understand today's financial crisis With so much information saturating the market for the everyday investor, trying to understand why the economic crisis happened and what needs to be done to fix it can be daunting. There is a real need, and demand, from both investors and the financial community to obtain answers as to what really happened and why. Lessons from the Financial Crisis brings together the leading minds in the worlds of finance and academia to dissect the crisis. Divided into three comprehensive sections-The Subprime Crisis; The Global Financial Crisis; and Law, Regulation, the Financial Crisis, and The Future-this book puts the events that have transpired in perspective, and offers valuable insights into what we must do to avoid future missteps.
We currently face a serious economic crisis, but in understanding it, we can overcome the challenges it presents. This well-rounded resource offers the best chance to get through the current situation and learn from our mistakes. |
Contents
What Went Wrong? | |
The Roots of the Crisis and How to Bring It to a Close | |
The Credit Crisis in Three Easy Pieces | |
Ten Myths About Subprime Mortgages | |
How Did We Get Here and Where Do | |
A Decade of Living Dangerously | |
Making Sense of the Subprime Crisis | |
Miraculous Financial Engineering or Legacy Assets? | |
The Making and Ending of the Financial Crisis of 20072009 | |
The Subprime Mortgage Problem | |
Sequence of Asset Bubbles and the Global Financial Crisis | |
The Global Crisis and Its Origm | |
Four Paradoxes of the 20082009 Economic and Financial | |
CONCLUSION | |
The Origins of the Financial Crisis | |
The Past Present and Future of Subprime Mortgages | |
FHA Loans and Policy Responses to Credit Availability | |
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Lessons from the Financial Crisis: Causes, Consequences, and Our Economic Future Robert Kolb No preview available - 2011 |
Lessons from the Financial Crisis: Causes, Consequences, and Our Economic Future Robert Kolb No preview available - 2011 |