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Book SynopsisThis fascinating book presents a lively discussion of key issues resulting from the recent financial crisis. The expert contributors explore why the global financial crisis occurred, how it destroyed wealth, triggered mass unemployment and created an unprecedented loss of control on employment, monetary policy and government budgets.
Table of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Timeline of Crisis and Introduction Mohamed Ariff and John Farrar PART I: ORIGINS OF THE CRISIS AND IMPACT ON BANKING AND FINANCE 2. The Origin of the Global Financial Crisis: An Alternative View Mohamed Ariff 3. Exchange Rate Changes and Global Trade Imbalances: China as a Major Creditor Company Ronald I. MacKinnon 4. Bank Capital Adequacy: Where to Now? Kevin Davis PART II: CRISIS IMPACT ON ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES AND COSTS 5. Unemployment and the Global Financial Crisis: Who Suffered Most and Why? Melisa Bond and Noel Gaston 6. The Fiscal Policy Response to the Global Financial Crisis: A Critique Tony Makin 7. Cost Consequences to the Economy and Finance Ahmed Khalid PART III: GOVERNANCE AND REGULATORY ISSUES OF THE CRISIS 8. Improving the Governance of Financial Institutions John Farrar 9. The Work of IOSCO and the Financial Regulatory Framework Jane Diplock 10. Balancing National and International Interests Wayne Byres PART IV: LESSONS FROM THE CRISIS 11. Executive Remuneration in Australia Allan Fels 12. Regulatory Lessons from the Global Financial Crisis Jeffrey Carmichael 13. Should We Stop the IMF from Doing What it Should Not Do? A Radical Idea Ross P. Buckley 14. When History is Ignored, Business Black Swans and the Use and Abuse of a Notion Graeme Dean and Frank Clarke Index
