Financial Alchemy in Crisis : The Great Liquidity Illusion

Nesvetailova, Anastasia

Pluto Press（2010/05発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 224 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780745328775
• DDC分類 332.042

Full Description

In July 2007, the combination of a seemingly unstoppable rise in house prices and bullish banks swimming in liquidity meant that almost anyone could get a mortgage in the UK or US. Little more than a month later the supply of credit dried up practically overnight, leaving the world wondering how bank liquidity could suddenly vanish.

In Financial Alchemy, Anastasia Nesvetailova shows that this liquidity never actually existed. The rise of sophisticated financial instruments created what appeared to be an abundance of liquid funds but was in fact a credit pyramid. As soon as house prices stopped rising the reality was exposed.

Nesvetailova's bold and radical analysis explains why the credit crisis was an inevitable consequence of entrusting the world economy to financiers who believe that they can 'create' money and wealth.

Contents

Introduction. The End of a Great Illusion

1. The Stages of the Meltdown

2. The Tale of Northern Rock: Between Financial Innovation and Fraud (Anastasia Nesvetailova and Ronen Palan)

3. How the Crisis Has Been Understood

4. Some Uncomfortable Puzzles of the Credit Crunch

5. 2002- 2007: The Three Pillars of Liquidity Illusion

6. After the Meltdown: Re-Writing the Rules of Global Finance?

Conclusion. A Very Mundane Crisis

Notes

Index