Mark Gilbert

The credit crunch is affecting every investor and every consumer, every industry and every government program, yet few people truly understand how it happened. Subprime mortgages have been center stage, but behind the scenes a conspiracy of greed among bankers, investors, rating agencies and regulators has imperiled everyone's financial future. We need to know what went wrong and how to change the practices that led to this calamity. Bloomberg columnist Mark Gilbert shows how Wall Street's tolerance for extremes made the global credit crunch both foreseeable and inevitable. He offers a blow-by-blow account of what went wrong and what lessons need to be learned from the crisis. Gilbert's argument—that everyone with skin in the money game had a vested interest in pretending that nothing could go awry—is a well-defended, compelling indictment of the financial community. Gilbert is able to make complex financial events easy to understand. His outlook is truly global: this financial crisis respects no geographical boundaries, and Gilbert draws on anecdotes and examples from around the world to make his case.

How Greed and Collusion Made the Credit Crisis Unstoppable

Complicit

Meghnad Desai

Stefan Szymanski

Andrew Evans

Peter Bursens

Simon Lightfoot

John Blundell

Anne Stevens

Margaret Cunningham

William P. Kennedy

Neill Nugent

Roger Morgan

Ian Manners

Pamela M. Barnes

Georg Wiessala

Peter Urwin

Desmond Dinan

Jo Shaw

Geoffrey Wood

Richard Rooke

Lucia Quaglia

Imelda Maher

Simon Bulmer

Simon Duke

Marco Mariotti

Monica Threlfall

David L. Weimer

Terrence R. Guay

Kay Adamson

Matthew Elliott

Philip Giddings

D. R. Myddelton

Juliet Lodge

Elias Tzavalis

Ian P. Bache

Min Shu

Clive Church

John B. Bryant

Jon S.T Quah

Julia Speht

Martin Burch

Alan Budd

Gerard Arthur

David M. Neal

Gunter Walzenbach

Rob Ackrill

Michael De Alessi

Frank Brouwer

Mark Wise

Stephen A. George

Jonathan Golub

William Nicoll

Nikolaos Tsagourias

Books reviewed: P. Aghion and J. Williamson, Growth, Inequality and Globalization: Theory, History and Policy Russell W. Cooper, Coordination Games: Complementarities and Macroeconomics Walter Eltis, Britain, Europe and EMU Daniel F. Spulber, Market Microstructure: Intermediaries and the Theory of the Firm Charles P. Kindleberger, Essays in History: Financial, Economic, Personal Andrew W. Lo and A. Craig MacKinlay, A Non-Random Walk down Wall Street Abhinay Muthoo, Bargaining Theory with Applications.

Book Reviews

Gianfranco Pasquino

In 1999, Italy experienced another year of political uncertainty. The centre-left coalition government was weakened by infighting throughout the year and paid a high electoral price for its failure to present a common front to the electorate. In June, Silvio Berlusconi's Liberty Pole coalition won substantial victories in local elections including a symbolic triumph in Bologna, a stronghold of the Italian left. In December, bickering inside his parliamentary majority forced Massimo D'Alema, the prime minister, to reshuffle his cabinet. This was the first government crisis to be handled by Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, who became the tenth President of the Republic in May 1999. In the autumn, Giulio Andreotti, a seven-times prime minister, was acquitted of having colluded with the Sicilian Mafia, and with having ordered the murder.

The Faltering Transition

Italian Politics

Since 1992 Italy has been rocked by a succession of scandals in which dozens of leading politicians have been accused of corruption, extortion, and links with the Mafia. The worst of the damage has been suffered by the two former leading parties - the Christian Democrats and the Socialists - who have subsequently been humiliated at the polls, leavi

The End Of Politics, Italian Style?

The Italian Revolution

K. Robert Nilsson

This second edition of Historical Dictionary of Modern Italy introduces the country's key personalities, events, social developments, and cultural achievements since the beginning of the 19th century, when national feeling began to grow and Italy first emerged as something more than a geographical entity. It includes a chronology, a list of acronyms and abbreviations, an introductory essay, a map, a bibliography, and nearly 400 cross-referenced dictionary entries on prominent individuals, institutions, events, politics, economics, society, and culture.

Historical Dictionary of Modern Italy

Now in a fully revised and updated edition, this book remains the standard for concise histories of the European Union. Mark Gilbert offers a clear and balanced narrative of European integration since its inception to the present, set in the wider history of the post-war period. Gilbert concludes by considering the Union’s future in light of the mood of crisis that has taken hold in the EU in the aftermath of the global recession, the refugee crisis, and Brexit.

A Political History

European Integration

Robert K. Nilsson

The A to Z of Modern Italy is an attempt to introduce the key personalities, events, social developments, and cultural achievements of Italy since the beginning of the 19th century, when Italy first began to emerge as something more than a geographical entity and national feeling began to grow. This is done through a chronology, a list of acronyms and abbreviations, an introductory essay, a map, a bibliography, and some 400 cross-referenced dictionary entries on prominent individuals, basic institutions, crucial events, history, politics, economics, society, and culture.

The A to Z of Modern Italy

Sara Lamberti Moneta

Italy is a country that exercises a hold on the imagination of people all over the world. Its long history has left an inexhaustible treasure chest of cultural achievement: Historic cities such as Rome, Florence, and Venice are among the most sought-after destinations in the world for tourists and art lovers. Italy's natural beauty and cuisine are rightly renowned. It’s history and politics are also a source of endless fascination. Modern Italy has consistently been a political laboratory for the rest of Europe. This third edition of Historical Dictionary of Modern Italy contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 400 cross-referenced entries on important personalities as well as aspects of the country’s politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Italy.

P. M. H. Bell

"A comprehensive survey of international affairs from the end of the Second World War, through to the Cold War and up to the present day"--Provided by publisher.

An International History

The World Since 1945

Italy is a country that exercises a hold on the imagination of people all over the world. Its long history has left an inexhaustible treasure chest of cultural achievement. The historic cities of Rome, Florence, and Venice are among the most sought-after destinations in the world for tourists and art lovers, and Italy's natural beauty and cuisine are rightly renowned. Italy's history and politics are also a source of endless fascination. Modern Italy has consistently been a political laboratory for the rest of Europe. In the 19th century, Italian patriotism was of crucial importance in the struggle against the absolute governments reintroduced after the Congress of Vienna, 1814-15. After the fall of Fascism during World War II, Italy became a model of rapid economic development, though its politics has never been less than contentious and its democracy has remained a troubled one. The second edition of Historical Dictionary of Modern Italy is an attempt to introduce the key personalities, events, social developments, and cultural achievements of Italy since the beginning of the 19th century, when Italy first began to emerge as something more than a geographical entity and national feeling began to grow. This is done through a chronology, a list of acronyms and abbreviations, an introductory essay, a map, a bibliography, and some 400 cross-referenced dictionary entries on prominent individuals, basic institutions, crucial events, history, politics, economics, society, and culture.

Mark Gilbert

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