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In the wake of the most significant financial crisis since the Great Depression, the President signed into law on May 20, 2009, the Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act of 2009, creating the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission. The Commission was established to "examine the causes, domestic and global, of the current financial and economic crisis in the United States.".

The Global Financial Crisis is acknowledged to be the most severe economic downturn since the 1930s, and one that is unique in its underlying causes, its scope, and its wider social, political and economic implications. This volume explores some of the ethical issues that it has raised

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1: Household Financial Crisis in the United States -- Chapter 2: A Snapshot of U.S. Household Finances -- Chapter 3: Financial Insecurity -- Chapter 4: The Big Picture -- Chapter 5: Runaway Spending -- Chapter 6: Necessary "Necessities"? -- Chapter 7: A Look Abroad -- Chapter 8: The Choice -- Notes -- Index -- About the Author

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Contributors -- Introduction / Alan S. Blinder, Andrew W. Lo, and Robert M. Solow -- Part I. Rethinking Macroeconomics and Finance -- 1. Some Reflections on the Crisis and the Policy Response / Ben S. Bernanke -- 2. This Time, It Is Not Different: The Persistent Concerns of Financial Macroeconomics / J. Bradford DeLong -- 3. Credit Supply Shocks and Economic Activity in a Financial Accelerator Model / Simon G. Gilchrist and Egon Zakrajšek -- Part II. Rethinking Market Efficiency -- 4. The Efficient-Market Hypothesis and the Financial Crisis / Burton G. Malkiel -- 5. Behavioral Finance in the Financial Crisis: Market Efficiency, Minsky, and Keynes / Hersh Shefrin and Meir Statman -- 6. Why Did So Many People Make So Many Ex Post Bad Decisions? The Causes of the Foreclosure Crisis / Christopher L. Foote and Kristopher S. Gerardi and Paul S. Willen -- Part III. Rethinking Financial Innovation -- 7. Ratings, Mortgage Securitizations, and the Apparent Creation of Value / John Hull and Alan White -- 8. The Role of ABSs, CDSs, and CDOs in the Credit Crisis and the Economy / Robert A. Jarrow -- 9. Finance Versus Wal-Mart: Why Are Financial Services So Expensive? / Thomas Philippon -- 10. Shadow Finance / Patrick Bolton and Tano Santos and José A. Scheinkman -- Part IV. Rethinking Financial Regulation -- 11. The Political Economy of Financial Regulation after the Crisis / Robert E. Litan -- 12. Pay, Politics, and the Financial Crisis / Kevin J. Murphy -- Index.

The four articles in this special issue of the Journal of Financial Economic Policy were presented at the tenth biannual joint session of the six worldwide Shadow Financial Regulatory Committees (Asian, Australia-New Zealand, European, Japanese, Latin American, and the United States) in Tokyo on October 26-28, 2013 and again at the annual meeting of the Western Economic Association in Denver, Colorado on June 28, 2014. The papers focus on how public policy in the regions represented by each of the committees responded to the 2007-2010 financial crisis. Because the crisis affected regions diffe

Intro -- THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS: POLICIES AND IMPLICATIONS -- THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS: POLICIES AND IMPLICATIONS -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 BANKING AND FINANCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE CONTINUITY: PANDEMIC FLU, TERRORISM, AND OTHER CHALLENGES -- ABSTRACT -- BANKING AND FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FORM A CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE -- PANDEMIC FLU -- THE ROLE OF DHS -- SAFETY NET MEASURES IN PLACE -- Financial Risks -- Operational and Security Risks -- SAFETY AND CONTINUITY IN RECENT EXPERIENCE -- Hurricane Katrina -- Blackout of August 14, 2003 -- September 11, 2001 -- FINANCIAL BUSINESS CONTINUITY INITIATIVES -- Government Securities Clearing -- Communications -- Sound Practices Paper -- Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council -- Basel II -- EXECUTIVE BRANCH INITIATIVES -- GOVERNMENT'S OWN FINANCING -- Presidential -- Financial and Banking Information Infrastructure Committee -- Public-Private Treasury Efforts -- Department of Justice -- Private Sector Initiatives -- FS-ISAC and Payments Networks -- Securities Industry -- Banking Industry -- Financial Services Sector Coordinating Council for Critical Infrastructure Protection and Homeland Security -- LEGISLATION AND OVERSIGHT -- Department of Homeland Security -- Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 -- CONCLUSION: CONVERGENCE OF PUBLIC-PRIVATE PRACTICES FOR FINANCIAL CONTINUITY -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- APPENDIX: MAJOR ACRONYMS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 2 THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS: INCREASING IMF RESOURCES AND THE ROLE OF CONGRESS -- ABSTRACT -- BACKGROUND: ECONOMIC IMPACT OF THE FINANCIAL CRISIS -- Economic Growth Rates -- Impact of the Financial Crisis on World Poverty -- IMPACT OF THE CRISIS ON THE IMF -- INCREASING FUND RESOURCES -- Expanding the NAB -- SDR Allocation -- IMF Bond Sales -- Other Pending IMF Reforms -- THE ROLE OF CONGRESS

Cover Page -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Causes of the Global Financial Crisis -- 1. China and Russia Blame U.S. Policies for the Crisis -- 2. The Greed of Financial Institutions Caused the Crisis -- 3. "Boom Thinking" Caused the Crisis -- 4. The Weakness of Banking Regulations Caused the Crisis -- 5. Low Interest Rates Caused the Crisis -- 6. Abandoning the Gold Standard Caused the Crisis -- 7. United States and China Must Join Forces to Control Crisis -- Periodical Bibliography -- Chapter 2: Effects of the Global Financial Crisis on Wealthier Nations -- 1. In the United States, the Financial Crisis Creates Tent Cities and Homelessness -- 2. Canada Will Not Suffer a Subprime Mortgage Crisis -- 3. Australia's Economy Remains Bound Up with That of the United States -- 4. The European Union Is Buckling Under the Crisis -- 5. In Iceland, an Economic Miracle Ended in Disaster -- 6. The Crisis Fuels Unrest in France, Britain, China, and Russia -- 7. Israel Will Cut Social Programs, but Not Military Spending -- Periodical Bibliography -- Chapter 3: Effects of the Global Financial Crisis on Developing Nations -- 1. Worldwide, Migrant Workers Are Threatened by Job Losses and Xenophobia -- 2. In India and China, the Crisis May Worsen Poverty -- 3. China Could Use the Crisis to Become a Responsible World Power -- 4. The Philippines Is in a Good Position to Weather the Crisis -- 5. Latin America Is Struggling to Deal with the Crisis -- 6. Islamic Banks Are Insulated from the Crisis -- Periodical Bibliography -- Chapter 4: Solutions to the Global Financial Crisis -- 1. International Investments Complicate the Financial Crisis and Its Remedy -- 2. Protectionist Measures Will Worsen the Crisis -- 3. In Africa, Ending Neoliberal Economic Policies Will Solve the Crisis

The financial crisis has opened up a global debate on the taxation of the financial sector. A number of international policy initiatives, most notably by the G20, have called for major changes in the tax treatment of financial institutions and transactions as well as individuals working in the financial sector. This book examines how tax policies contributed to the financial crisis and whether taxation can play a role in the reform efforts under way to establish a sounder and safer financial system. The book looks at the pros and cons of various tax initiatives, including limiting the tax advantages to debt financing, special taxes on the financial sector and financial transactions taxes.

The financial crisis has opened up a global debate on the taxation of the financial sector. A number of international policy initiatives, most notably by the G20, have called for major changes in the tax treatment of financial institutions and transactions as well as individuals working in the financial sector. This book examines how tax policies contributed to the financial crisis and whether taxation can play a role in the reform efforts under way to establish a sounder and safer financial system. The book looks at the pros and cons of various tax initiatives, including limiting the tax advantages to debt financing, special taxes on the financial sector and financial transactions taxes.

Many constitutions include provisions intended to limit the discretion of governments in economic policy. In times of financial crises, such provisions often come under pressure as a result of calls for exceptional responses to crisis situations. This volume assesses the ability of constitutional orders all over the world to cope with financial crises, and the demands for emergency powers that typically accompany them. Bringing together a variety of perspectives from legal scholars, economists, and political scientists, this volume traces the long-run implications of financial crises for constitutional order. In exploring the theoretical and practical problems raised by the constitutionalization of economic policy during times of severe crisis, this volume showcases an array of constitutional design options and the ways they channel governmental responses to emergency

"Conventional wisdom held that housing prices couldn't fall. But the spectacular boom and bust of the housing market during the first decade of the twenty-first century and millions of foreclosed homeowners have made it clear that housing is no different from any other asset in its ability to climb and crash. Housing and the Financial Crisis looks at what happened to prices and construction both during and after the housing boom in different parts of the American housing market, accounting for why certain areas experienced less volatility than others. It then examines the causes of the boom and bust, including the availability of credit, the perceived risk reduction due to the securitization of mortgages, and the increase in lending from foreign sources. Finally, it examines a range of policies that might address some of the sources of recent instability."--Provided by publisher.

Capitalism and the crisis : bankers, bonuses, ideology, and ignorance / Jeffrey Friedman -- An accident waiting to happen : securities regulation and financial deregulation / Amar Bhid -- Monetary policy, credit extension, and housing bubbles : 2008 and 1929 / Steven Gjerstad and Vernon L. Smith -- The anatomy of a murder : who killed the American economy? / Joseph E. Stiglitz -- Monetary policy, economic policy, and the financial crisis : an empirical analysis of what went wrong / John B. Taylor -- Housing initiatives and other policy factors / Peter J. Wallison -- How securitization concentrated risk in the financial sector / Viral V. Acharya and Matthew Richardson -- A regulated meltdown : the Basel rules and banks' leverage / Juliusz Jablecki and Mateusz Machaj -- The credit-rating agencies and the subprime debacle / Lawrence J. White -- Credit-default swaps and the crisis / Peter J. Wallison -- The crisis of 2008 : lessons for and from economics / Daron Acemoglu -- The financial crisis and the systemic failure of the economics profession / David Colander [and others] -- Afterword : the causes of the financial crisis / Richard A. Posner