How did the US financial crisis snowball into USD 15 trillion global losses? This book offers a clear synthesis and original analysis of the various factors that led to the financial crisis of 2007-2010 - namely, an asset price bubble and excessive leverage. The focus is on the ingredients of and dynamics within the international financial system, and as such is the most comprehensive publication in scope to date in terms of market, country and instrument coverage. In addition to its thorough dissection of the causes and consequences of the most calamitous financial crisis in the past seventy years, the author also debates 'the way forward', including regulatory challenges, proposed changes and critique, and early warning systems.

The objective of this reader is to provide a holistic summary of the financial crisis, and bring to light a new perspective on each of the issues, while simultaneously providing a thorough platform for those wishing to research any of the sub-topics independently. It ultimately discusses the lessons to be learned from the recent crisis, and questions whether the global financial system is capable of learning them. Written in a clear explanatory prose and featuring a wealth of quantitative data and qualitative analysis, this reader is accessible to the beginner, intermediate and advanced student.

Nashwa Saleh is currently a doctoral researcher at Cass Business School. She holds an MSc Finance (2002) from London Business School, and a BA (Cum Laude) in Business Administration from the American University in Cairo (AUC). She is a CFA Chartholder and member of the UKSIP since 2001.

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Preface; Chapter One: The Crisis and the Too Big to FRAME Problem, the BIG Picture First; Chapter Two: Evolution of the Structure of the Global Financial System Pre-Crisis & Systemic Hot Spots; Chapter Three: Crisis Unravelling & Key Events; Chapter Four: Systemic and Institutional Crisis Cost ; Chapter Five: Regulatory Regimes & Response to the Crisis; Chapter Six: Macroprudential Analysis and Early Warning Systems (EWS) for Fragility & Crises; Chapter Seven: Regulatory Tumbleweed or is it Tangleweed? Appendix 1: Current Crisis Time Log Across the Globe; Appendix 2: A Brief History of Crises in the Past; Appendix 3: References