A Global History of the Financial Crash of 2007-2010
- 7h 28m
- Johan A. Lybeck
- Cambridge University Press
- 2011
We have just experienced the worst financial crash the world has seen since the Great Depression of the 1930s. While real economies in general did not crash as they did in the 1930s, the financial parts of the economy certainly did, or, at least, came very close to doing so. Hundreds of banks in the United States and Europe have been closed by their supervisory authorities, forcibly merged with stronger partners, nationalized or recapitalized with the tax payers' money. Banks and insurance companies had, by mid 2010, already written off some 2000 billion dollars in credit write-downs on loans and securities. In this book, Johan Lybeck draws on his experience as both an academic economist and a professional banker to present a detailed yet non-technical analysis of the crash. He describes how the crisis began in early 2007, explains why it happened and shows how it compares to earlier financial crises.
In this Book
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Introduction
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Financial Crises in the USA and Europe, but not in Asia
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Could Today's Financial Crisis Have Been Foreseen?
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The US Housing Market and the Subprime Crisis
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Securitization and Derivatives Spread the Crisis Around the World
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Liquidity Risk Aspects of the Crisis and a Comparison with 1907 and 1929
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Credit Risk Aspects of the Crisis, Rating and Solvency
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Financial Crises in Modern History: Similarities and Differences
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Worldwide Changes in Regulation and Supervision as a Result of the Crisis
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Outstanding Issues
