By: Steve M Jones | 2010-04-04 | International studies The financial distress of the last two decades has revived interest on the question of the stability of the financial system. On the one hand, the "pessimist" view, associated primarily with Minsky argues that not only that the financial system is prone to such crises ("financial fragility" in Minsky's terms) but also that such crises are inherent on the capitalist system ("systemic fragility"). On the other hand, the monetarists see the financial system as stable and efficient where crises not only are rare but also are the fault of the government rather than the financial system as such. read more
By: Stuart Owens | 2012-01-05 | Business No doubt there are a lot of causes starting from high levels of market liquidity, where liquidity means performing economic actions like buying, selling, or paying debt, meeting immediate wants and needs. read more
By: Rey Haughton | 2010-04-03 | Economics The global financial crisis of 2008-2009 is an ongoing major financial crisis. It became prominently visible in September 2008 with the failure, merger, or conservatorship of several large United States-based financial firms. read more
By: Navaid Syed | 2011-09-19 | Politics This is the ninth article in a series on national debt, budget deficits and downgrade of U.S. credit by Standard and Poor's. Series provides a very broad based and in-depth historical perspective. This particular article focuses on the discussion over Reagan's trickle economics versus buying power of an average citizen. Discusses the fact, how our economic and financial systems are now trickling up the wealth from poor to wealthy. Highlights that poor are paying more tax then rich corporations. read more
By: Timothy Place | 2010-03-29 | Finance Did you know that you can make toys out of just about anything. That's right, if you ever look at stormy weather and see people outside with their umbrellas being blown in the opposite direction and the person getting frustrated because they can't get the umbrella fixed and they just throw it down, next time you see someone throw their umbrella down go over and pick it up. Why, do you ask? read more
By: chris cbenton | 2011-01-05 | Insurance I haven't even noticed any sort of a crisis in my business. It hasn't hit me yet and I'm really hoping that it doesn't hurt me at all, or anyone else online for that matter. However, if your one of the millions of people that have gotten laid off, read more
By: Shaun Enright | 2010-04-03 | Finance It is said that crisis can be opportunity riding a dangerous wind. Where is the opportunity for you when all you hear is more bad news? Money is not being lost, it is not disappearing off the planet. Those that are in the know, know where it's going and this article will show you this perspective and help you find the direction to not just survive but to thrive in this "crisis". read more
By: Chass Perez | 2010-03-26 | Bankruptcy If you're currently going through a personal financial crisis, most likely you are feeling symptoms of stress and depression. These are very typical conditions associated with experiencing the traumatic experience of overwhelming debt. read more
By: Hemant Chourasia | 2011-12-15 | Automotive With the dominating economies of the world on the brink of the greatest meltdown ever, everyone has already begun speculating a financial catastrophe. In order to gear up for the tough time we may very well have in store, it has become extremely important for every business owner to look for ways by which they can minimize their operational costs without having to lower the standards of their deli read more
By: OneWorldWeb Publishing | 2011-08-12 | Business It’s time that we open our eyes to this harsh reality. Simply turn on the television, read a magazine or browse the latest news streams. The most common words you will see and hear are “recession, default, crisis, disaster” and “depression.” It seems as if the whole world is preparing for one of the darkest times in human history. read more
By: Gen Wright | 2010-10-14 | Finance As the U.S. continues to collapse economically speaking, and we enter a depression, here are the top 9 ways you can prepare and even profit when the storm comes. read more
By: Henry Ford | 2011-06-30 | Finance Raghuram Rajan is the author of the book Fault Lines: How Hidden Fractures Still Threaten the World Economy. The book focuses on the financial crisis that affected the economy in the years between 2007 and 2008 that shook the economic systems of countries especially in the Western world. The book describes the reasons for the economic breakdown as fault lines that worked to accentuate financi read more
By: Christina Xia | 2010-11-18 | Business Not long ago, suddenly announced that the central bank to raise interest rates, the interest rate hike is in the United States, Japan and other developed countries, the central bank has just announced the implementation of the second round of quantitative easing monetary policy actions taken contrary, it becomes very unusual, because it indicates a loose macro-policy stimulus began to withdraw, which reflects the Chinese macro-control authorities to current and future international and domestic economic trends to determine, if not optimistic, at least positive. However, this trend for the macro-economic judgments are correct... read more
By: Azeez Olawale-Arish Yusuff | 2010-04-04 | International studies The world economy will continue to experience economic imbalances -as a result of confluence of factors-at one point or the other, and at the same time corrects itself or needs intervention or both to attain equilibrium. Apart from the great economic depression of 1933, the world is again launched into another financial crisis. Characterized by a credit crunch, falling stocks, loss of jobs, bank failures, among others, venerable institutions and blue ships have gone in extinction. read more