The global financial crisis has changed finance and the global economy forever. The debate over its causes and consequences has only just begun. This book bring

"Although there have been numerous studies of the causes and consequences of the Great Financial Crisis of 2007–2010 in the US and abroad, many of these were

By reaching beyond "how" the crisis happened to "why" the crisis happened, the authors provide fresh thinking about how to respond

An empirical investigation of financial crises during the last 800 years.

The book presents and discusses policy-relevant research on the current debt challenges which developing, emerging market and developed countries face. Its valu