Financial crises socio-economic causes and institutional context / Brenda Spotton Visano.

Author/creator Spotton Visano, Brenda
Format Electronic
Publication InfoNew York, N.Y. : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group,
Descriptionxvi, 144 p. ; 23 cm.
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Contents An introduction to the evolution of financial fragility -- Illustrations of manias, panics, and crises -- Capitalism : a culture of accumulation as the context for innovation -- The impact of uncertainty on (in)forming behaviour -- Conventional approaches : speculation as a fool's paradise -- Justifications and means : the institutional organization of speculation -- The other side of the coin : the influence of credit creation and banks on speculation -- Recoil in crisis : from peak to panic -- Societies in transition : time-space comparisons of financial instability -- The bottom line : towards institutional indicators of financial fragility -- Evolving financial crises: reflections and projections.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 126-139) and index.
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Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2005022974
ISBN9780415362870
ISBN0415362873 (hb)