Manias, panics and crashes : a history of financial crises / Charles P. Kindleberger and Robert Z. Aliber.

By:

Kindleberger, Charles Poor, 1910-2003

Contributor(s):

Aliber, Robert Z

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011Edition: 6th edDescription: viii, 356 p. ; 24 cmISBN:

9780230365353 (pbk.)
0230365353 (pbk.)

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DDC classification:

338.542 KIN

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Standard Loan	Moylish Library Main Collection	338.542 KIN (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		39002100477265

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This highly anticipated sixth edition has been revised to include an in-depth analysis of the first global crisis of the twenty-first century. Providing a scholarly and entertaining account of such topics as the history of crises, speculative manias and Lehman Brothers, this book has been hailed as 'a true classic...both timely and timeless.'

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

Tables (p. vi)
Foreword (p. vii)
1 Financial Crisis: a Hardy Perennial (p. 1)
2 The Anatomy of a Typical Crisis (p. 26)
3 Speculative Manias (p. 39)
4 Fueling the Flames: the Expansion of Credit (p. 62)
5 The Critical Stage - When the Bubble Is About To Pop (p. 84)
6 Euphoria and Paper Wealth (p. 107)
7 Bernie Madoff: Frauds, Swindles, and the Credit Cycle (p. 117)
8 International Contagion 1618-1930 (p. 154)
9 Bubble Contagion: Mexico City to Tokyo to Bangkok to New York, London and Reykjavik (p. 170)
10 Policy Responses: Benign Neglect, Exhortation, and Bank Holidays (p. 191)
11 The Domestic Lender of Last Resort (p. 213)
12 The International Lender of Last Resort (p. 229)
13 The Lehman Panic - An Avoidable Crash (p. 257)
14 The Lessons of History (p. 273)
15 Epilogue 2010-2020 (p. 297)
Appendix (p. 302)
Notes (p. 312)
Index (p. 343)

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Charles P. Kindleberger was the Ford Professor of Economics at MIT for 33 years. He was a financial historian and prolific writer who published 30 books.
Robert Z. Aliber is Professor of International Economics and Finance Emeritus at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. He writes extensively about currencies and international monetary issues.