From Financial Crisis to Global Recovery

by Padma Desai

In this book, Padma Desai makes the complexities of economic policy and financial reform accessible to a wide audience. Merging a compelling narrative with scholarly research, she begins with a systematic breakdown of the factors leading to America's recent recession, describing the monetary policy, tax practices, subprime mortgage scandals, and lax regulation that contributed to the crisis. She also discusses the Treasury-Fed rescue deals that...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 023115786X
• ISBN13: 9780231157865
• Release Date: June 2011
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.09 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.3"