Why do banks collapse? Are financial systems more fragile in recent decades? Can policies to fix the banking system do more harm than good? What's the history of banking crises? With dozens of brief, non-technical articles by economists and other researchers, Banking Crises offers answers from diverse scholarly viewpoints.

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Asa Briggs Charles. A. E. Goodhart Charles W. Calomiris Markus K. Brunnermeier Charles P. Kindleberger Kristin J. Forbes The Statesman's Yearbook team Joel Shapiro Graciela Laura Kaminsky Craig Burnside, Martin Eichenbaum and Sergio Rebelo Daniel Gros and Cinzia Alcidi Donald. D. Hester Nicos Christodoulakis Peter Temin Satyajit Chatterjee and P. Dean Corbae Brett House, David Vines and W. Max Corden Peter Temin Daniel Friedman Thomas J. Fitzpatrick IV and James B. Thomson Gauti B. Eggertsson L. Randall Wray J. Ashworth C. A. E. Goodhart Tobias Adrian and Adam B. Ashcraft Hans-Joachim Voth Christopher L. Foote and Paul S. Willen Peter Garber Dario Focarelli and Alberto Franco Pozzolo Lawrence H. Officer Stanley W. Black Michael D. Bordo Price V. Fishback Miguel A. Iraola and Manuel S. Santos

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List of Figures List of Tables Preface 1. Bagehot, Walter (1826-1877); Asa Briggs 2. Bank of England; Charles. A. E. Goodhart 3. Banking Crises; Charles W. Calomiris 4. Bubbles; Markus K. Brunnermeier 5. Bubbles in History; Charles P. Kindleberger 6. Capital Controls; Kristin J. Forbes 7. Credit Crunch Chronology: April 2007 - September 2009 8. The Statesman's Yearbook Team 9. Credit Rating Agencies; Joel Shapiro 10. Currency Crises; Graciela Laura Kaminsky 11. Currency Crises Models; Craig Burnside, Martin Eichenbaum and Sergio Rebelo 12. Euro Zone Crisis 2010; Daniel Gros and Cinzia Alcidi 13. Federal Reserve System; Donald. D. Hester 14. Greek Crisis in Perspective: Origins, Effects and Ways-out; Nicos Christodoulakis 15. Great Depression; Peter Temin 16. Great Depression, Monetary and Financial Forces; Satyajit Chatterjee and P. Dean Corbae 17. International Monetary Fund; Brett House, David Vines and W. Max Corden, Kindleberger, Charles P. (1910-2003), Peter Temin 18. Laboratory Financial Markets; Daniel Friedman 19. Lehman Brothers Bankruptcy, What Lessons can be Drawn?; Thomas J. Fitzpatrick IV and James B. Thomson 20. Liquidity Trap; Gauti B. Eggertsson 21. Minsky Crisis; L. Randall Wray 22. Quantitative Easing by the Major Western Central Banks During the Global Financial Crisis; J. Ashworth 23. The Run on Northern Rock; C. A. E. Goodhart 24. Shadow Banking: A Review of the Literature; Tobias Adrian and Adam B. Ashcraft 25. South Sea Bubble; Hans-Joachim Voth 26. the Subprime Mortgage Crisis; Christopher L. Foote and Paul S. Willen 27. Tulipmania; Peter Garber 28. Banking Industry; Dario Focarelli and Alberto Franco Pozzolo 29. Gold Standard; Lawrence H. Officer 30. International Monetary Institutions; Stanley W. Black, Law, John (1671-1729), Michael D. Bordo 31. New Deal; Price V. Fishback 32. Speculative Bubbles; Miguel A. Iraola and Manuel S. Santos Index