An introduction to the concept of "disaster capitalism" offers an expose? of how the global "free market" has exploited crises, violence, and shock over the past three decades to promote radical privatization that benefits large corporations and powerful interest groups.

The rural residents of the county of Tipperary deal in their own ways with the financial collapse of the Irish economy.

The financial meltdown from the perspective of a number of players: Michael Burry, a bizarre autistic-like stock-picking genius, and the first to realize that the market's housing boom is based on a "house of cards" sham; Mark Baum, self-loathing fictional character whose firm picks up insider trading information from a wrong number phone call; Jarred Vennet, a smart-aleck broker who confirms the ominous suspicion; and Charles Gellar and James Shipley,...

An analysis of five financial upheavals in recent history includes coverage of the 1987 stock market crash, the 1998 Russian default (and the consequent collapse of U.S. hedge fund Long-Term Capital Management), the Asian currency crisis of 1999, the Internet bubble of 1995-2001, and the 2008 sub-prime mortgage crisis, in an anecdotal report that reveals how public knowledge differed from what was actually taking place.

Offers advice to limit real estate and stock losses, build and protect nest eggs, and recognize when the sinking economy finally hits bottom.

An empirical investigation of financial crises during the last 800 years.

Draws on the examples of unpredictable severe weather to present a metaphorical assessment of the inherent instability of economic markets, explaining how common investor practices are typically untrustworthy.

"[This book] provides ... an in-depth look at how the American character has shifted to accommodate its new imperial role: how we have abandoned the private virtues of personal liberty, economic freedom, and fiscal restraint; and how the 'guv'mint' has gained control of public life and the economy. The result has been ... unfettered deficit spending, gluttonous consumption, and fearless military adventurism. All the while, the nation slouches ......

Falling in love as Yale students and moving to New York City in 2008, hedge fund employee Evan is embroiled in a deal that risks everything he has worked for, while nonprofit employee Julia reconnects with someone from her past who represents a different kind of life.

What happened at Lehman Brothers and why was it allowed to fail, with aftershocks that rocked the global economy? In this news-making, often astonishing book, a former Lehman Brothers Vice President gives us the straight answers--right from the belly of the beast--arguing that this collapse need not have happened.