An Encyclopedia of Economic History from Tulipmania of the 1630s to the Global Financial Crisis of the 21st Century
Edited by James Ciment
Includes: Topic finder, articles, overview essays, photos, tables and graphs, chronology, glossary, bibliography
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Description: Nearly 400 signed articles cover events from Tulipmania in the 1630s to the U.S. economic stimulus package of 2009, introducing readers to underlying concepts, economic theories, recurring themes, major institutions, events, and notable figures. Written in a clear, accessible style, Booms and Busts supports history and economics curricula, and provides vital insights and perspective for students, teachers, and the general public—anyone interested in understanding the historical precedents, causes, and longer-term effects of the current global economic crisis. A chronology of major booms and busts throughout history, a glossary of economic terms, sources for further research, and a topic finder help make this encyclopedia the definitive reference on one of the most critical issues of our time.
Contents
Introduction
A-Z Entries
Chronology
Glossary
Master Bibliography
A-Z Entries
Africa, Sub-Saharan
Agriculture
AIG
Airline Industry
Akerman, Johan Henryk
Argentina
Asian Financial Crisis (1997)
Asset-Price Bubble
Australia
Austrian School
Automated Trading Systems
Babson, Roger
Balance of Payments
Baltic Tigers
Bank Cycles
Bank of America
Banking School/Currency School Debate
Banks, Central
Banks, Commercial
Banks, Investment
Bauer, Otto
Bear Stearns
Behavioral Economics
Belgium
Bernanke, Ben
Bethlehem Steel
Böhm-Bawerk, Eugen Ritter von
Boom, Economic (1920s)
Boom, Economic (1960s)
Booms and Busts: Pre-Twentieth Century
Booms and Busts: The Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries
Booms and Busts: Causes and Consequences
Brazil
BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India, China)
Brunner, Karl
Bullock, Charles
Burchardt, Fritz
Burns, Arthur
Business Cycles, International
Canada
Capital Account
Capital Market
Capital One
Catastrophe Theory
Central America
Chile
China
Chrysler
Circuit City Stores
Citigroup
Classical Theories and Models
Collateral
Collateralized Debt Obligations
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations
Colombia
Commodity Markets
Community Reinvestment Act (1977)
Confidence, Consumer and Business
Congressional Budget Office
Construction, Housing and Commercial
Consumer and Investor Protection
Consumption
Corporate Corruption
Corporate Finance
Council of Economic Advisers, U.S.
Countrywide Financial
Creative Destruction
Credit Cycle
Credit Default Swaps
Credit Rating Agencies
Current Account
Debt
Debt Instruments
Deflation
Demographic Cycle
Denmark
Depository Institutions
Dot.com Bubble (1990s–2000s)
Dow Jones Industrial Average
Duesenberry, James
Eastern Europe
Echo Bubble
Eckstein, Otto
Effective Demand
Efficient Market Theory
Emerging Markets
Employment and Unemployment
Endogenous Growth Models
Enron
European Central Bank
Exchange Rates
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Federal Housing Administration
Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight, Office of
Federal Reserve System
Fellner, William John
Financial Development/Deepening
Financial Markets
Financial Modeling of the Business Cycle
Finland
Fiscal Balance
Fiscal Policy
Fisher, Irving
Fisher’s Debt-Deflation Theory
Fixed Business Investment
Fleetwood Enterprises
Florida Real-Estate Boom (1920s)
Foreclosure
Fragility, Financial
France
Friction, Financial
Friedman, Milton
Frisch, Ragnar
Galbraith, John Kenneth
Geithner, Timothy
General Motors
German Historical School
Germany
Glass-Steagall Act (1933)
Goldman Sachs
Goodwin, Richard Murphy
Government Accountability Office
Great Depression (1929–1933)
Greece
Greenspan, Alan
Gross Domestic Product
Growth Cycles
Growth, Economic
Haberler, Gottfried von
Hansen, Alvin Harvey
Harrod, Roy Forbes
Hawtrey, Ralph George
Hayek, Friedrich August von
Hedge Funds
Hicks, John Richard
Hoarding
House Financial Services Committee
Housing
Housing and Urban Development, Department of
Housing Booms and Busts
Iceland
Immigration and Migration
Income Distribution
India
Indicators of Financial Vulnerability
Indonesia
Industrial Policy
IndyMac Bancorp
Inflation
Information Technology
Innovation, Financial
Institutional Economics
Insull, Samuel
Integration, Financial
Interest Rates
Intermediation, Financial
International Development Banks
International Economic Agreements
International Monetary Fund
International Monetary Fund Mortgage Market Index
International Policy Coordination
Inventory Investment
Investment, Financial
Ireland
“Irrational Exuberance”
Israel
Italy
Japan
Jevons, William Stanley
JPMorgan Chase
Juglar, Clément
Kaldor, Nicholas
Kalecki, Michal
Kautsky, Karl
Keynes, John Maynard
Keynesian Business Model
Kindleberger, Charles
Kondratieff Cycles
Kondratieff, Nikolai Dmitriyevich
Koopmans, Tjalling Charles
Korea, South
Kuznets, Simon Smith
Labor Market
Lachmann, Ludwig Maurits
Lange, Oskar R.
Latin America
Law, John
Leads and Lags
Lehman Brothers
Lerner, Abba P.
Leveraging and Deleveraging, Financial
Liberalization, Financial
Life Insurance
Linens ’n Things
Liquidity Crunch
Liquidity Trap
Loan-to-Value Ratio
Long-Term Capital Management
Lowe, Adolph
Loyd, Samuel Jones
Luminent Mortgage Capital
Lundberg, Erik Filip
Luxemburg, Rosa
Madoff, Bernard
Malthus, Thomas Robert
Manufacturing
Market Trends
Marshall, Alfred
Marx, Karl
Marxist Cycle Model
Merrill Lynch
Metzler, Lloyd Appleton
Mexico
Middle East and North Africa
Mill, John Stuart
Mills, Frederick Cecil
Minsky, Hyman
Minsky’s Financial Instability Hypothesis
Mises, Ludwig von
Mississippi Bubble (1717–1720)
Mitchell, Wesley Clair
Monetary Policy
Monetary Stability
Monetary Theories and Models
Money Markets
Money, Neutrality of
Money Store, The
Moral Hazard
Morgan Stanley
Morgenstern, Oskar
Mortgage-Backed Securities
Mortgage, Commercial/Industrial
Mortgage Equity
Mortgage Lending Standards
Mortgage Markets and Mortgage Rates
Mortgage, Reverse
Mortgage, Subprime
Myrdal, Gunnar
Nasdaq
National Bureau of Economic Research
National Economic Council
Neoclassical Theories and Models
Neo-Keynesian Theories and Models
Netherlands, The
New Deal
New York Stock Exchange
New Zealand
Northern Rock
Norway
Oil Industry
Oil Shocks (1973–1974, 1979–1980)
Over-Savings and Over-Investment Theories of the Business Cycle
Overvaluation
Pacific Rim
Panic of 1901
Panic of 1907
Panics and Runs, Bank
Paulson, Henry
Penn Central
Philippines
PNC Financial Services
Political Theories and Models
Ponzi Scheme (1919–1920)
Portugal
Poseidon Bubble (1969–1970)
Post Keynesian Theories and Models
Poverty
Price Stability
Production Cycles
Productivity
Profit
Public Works Policy
Real Business Cycle Models
Real-Estate Speculation
Recession and Financial Crisis (2007– )
Recession, Reagan (1981–1982)
Recession, Roosevelt (1937–1939)
Recession, Stagflation (1970s)
Refinancing
Regulation, Financial
Resource Allocation
Retail and Wholesale Trade
Retirement Instruments
Risk and Uncertainty
Robbins, Lionel Charles
Robertson, Dennis Holme
Robinson, Joan
Romer, Christina
Röpke, Wilhelm
Rostow, Walt Whitman
Rubin, Robert
Russia and the Soviet Union
S&P 500
Samuelson, Paul
Savings and Investment
Savings and Loan Crises (1980s–1990s)
Schumpeter, Joseph
Schwartz, Anna
Seasonal Cycles
Securities and Exchange Commission
Securitization
Shackle, George
Shadow Banking System
Shock-Based Theories
Slow-Growth Recovery
Smith, Adam
Souk al-Manakh (Kuwait) Stock Market Crash (1982)
South Africa
South Sea Bubble (1720)
Southeast Asia
Spain
Spiethoff, Arthur
Spillover Effect
Sprague, Oliver
Sraffa, Piero
Stability and Stabilization, Economic
Steindl, Josef
Stimulus Package, U.S. (2008)
Stimulus Package, U.S. (2009)
Stochastic Models
Stock and Bond Capitalization
Stock Market Crash (1929)
Stock Market Crash (1987)
Stock Markets, Global
Stockholm School
Subsidies
Summers, Lawrence
Sunspot Theories
Sweden
Switzerland
Systemic Financial Crises
Tax Policy
Technological Innovation
Tequila Effect
Thorp, Willard Long
Three-Curve Barometer
Thrift Supervision, Office of
Tinbergen, Jan
Tobin, James
“Too Big to Fail”
Transition Economies
Treasury Bills
Treasury, Department of
Tribune Company
Tropicana Entertainment
Troubled Asset Relief Program (2008– )
Tugan-Baranovsky, Mikhail Ivanovich
Tulipmania (1636–1637)
Turkey
UBS
Unemployment, Natural Rate of
United Kingdom
United States
Veblen, Thorstein
Venture Capital
VeraSun Energy
Viner, Jacob
Volcker, Paul
Von Neumann, John
Wachovia
Wages
Washington Mutual
Wealth
World Bank
WorldCom
Zarnowitz, Victor
Chronology
Glossary
Master Bibliography
Books
Web Sites
