Saving the market from itself the politics of financial intervention

The 2007-9 financial crisis threatened economic disaster on a scale not seen since the Great Depression, but rapid state action prevented the widely feared devastation. The German response was considerably more generous to banks than the American or British bailouts. Drawing on interviews and primar...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mitchell, Christopher
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2016
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Collection: Cambridge Books Online - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • A theory of responses to financial crises
  • Germany and the 2007-2009 crisis
  • The United Kingdom and the 2007-2009 crisis
  • The United States
  • Conclusion