Financial whirlpools a systems story of the great global recession

How do economists reconcile their expertise with their failures to predict and manage the 2008 financial crisis? This book goes a long way toward an answer by using systems theory to reveal the complex interdependence of factors and forces behind the crisis. In her fully integrated view of the econ...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Higgins, Karen (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Academic Press 2013.
Oxford : 2013.
Edición:1st edition
Colección:Gale eBooks
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Sumario:How do economists reconcile their expertise with their failures to predict and manage the 2008 financial crisis? This book goes a long way toward an answer by using systems theory to reveal the complex interdependence of factors and forces behind the crisis. In her fully integrated view of the economy, how it works, and how the economic crisis burst, Karen Higgins combines human psychology, cultural values, and belief formation with descriptions of the ways banks and markets succeed and fail. In each chapter she introduces themes from financial crisis literature and brings a systems-theory
Notas:Description based upon print version of record.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xxxviii, 360 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781299443129
9780124059214