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Hall of mirrors : the Great Depression, the great recession, and the uses-and misuses-of history /
The two great financial crises of the past century are the Great Depression of the 1930s and the Great Recession, which began in 2008. Both occurred against the backdrop of sharp credit booms, dubious banking practices, and a fragile and unstable global financial system. When markets went into cardi...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York, New York :
Oxford University Press,
[2015]
©2015. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The two great financial crises of the past century are the Great Depression of the 1930s and the Great Recession, which began in 2008. Both occurred against the backdrop of sharp credit booms, dubious banking practices, and a fragile and unstable global financial system. When markets went into cardiac arrest in 2008, policymakers invoked the lessons of the Great Depression in attempting to avert the worst. While their response prevented a financial collapse and catastrophic depression like that of the 1930s, unemployment in the U.S. and Europe still rose to excruciating high levels. Pain and s. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (521 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780199392018 0199392013 0199392005 9780199392001 9781322230351 1322230358 0190621079 9780190621070 |