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Capitalism Without Capital

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  • © 2009

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  1. Dimitris N. Chorafas

    1. New York Academy of Sciences, USA

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Money

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. The Destruction of the American Dream

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      Pages 3-24

    3. Macroeconomic Challenges

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      Pages 25-45

    4. Money Supply and Inflation

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      Pages 46-67

    5. The Cost of Money

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      Pages 68-88

  3. Debt

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 89-89
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    2. Leverage Can Be Highly Counterproductive

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      Pages 91-112

    3. Asset Allocation, Credit Regulation, and Banking Supervision

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      Pages 113-134

  4. Case Studies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 135-135
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    2. Household Debt and the Housing Market’s Debacle

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      Pages 137-158

    3. Mea Culpa and the Abuse of the Virtual Economy’s Freedoms

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      Pages 159-183

    4. The G-20 Conference, Central Banks, and Garbage Collection

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      Pages 184-208

    5. Trillions of Dollars, Euros, and Pounds Thrown at the Problem

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      Pages 209-236

    6. Epilog

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      Pages 237-244

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 245-264
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About this book

This book examines the banking crisis of July/August 2007 and its ensuing after-effects in 2008-2009: economic crisis, credit crunch, massive recapitalization of some banks and nationalization of other banks. The author offers his views on the factors which led to this global financial catastrophe and how it could have been avoided.

Authors and Affiliations

  • New York Academy of Sciences, USA

    Dimitris N. Chorafas

About the author

Dimitris N. Chorafas served on the faculty of the Catholic University of America and as Visiting Professor at Washington State University, George Washington University, University of Vermont, University of Florida, and Georgia Institute of Technology in the United States, as well as the University of Alberta, Technical University of Karlsruhe, Ecole d'Etudes Industrielles de l'Université de Genève, Ecole Polytechnic Fédérale de Lausanne, Polish Academy of Sciences and Russian Academy of Sciences. More than 8,000 banking, industrial and government executives participated in his seminars in the United States, England, Germany, Italy, other European countries, Asia and Latin America. Chorafas is the author of 160 books, translated into several languages world-wide.

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