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This time is different : eight centuries of financial folly / Carmen M. Reinhart, Kenneth S. Rogoff.

By: Reinhart, Carmen M.
Contributor(s): Rogoff, Kenneth S.
Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2009Description: xlv, 463 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0691142165 (hardcover : alk. paper); 9780691142166 (hardcover : alk. paper); 9780691152646 (paperback).Subject(s): Business cycles -- Case studies | Financial crises -- Case studies | Fiscal policy -- Case studiesGenre/Form: Print books.DDC classification: 338.5/42
Contents:
Preamble: Some Initial Intuitions on Financial Fragility and the Fickle Nature of Confidence -- Financial Crises: An Operational Primer -- Varieties of Crises and Their Dates -- Debt Intolerance: The Genesis of Serial Default -- A Global Database on Financial Crises with a Long-Term View -- Sovereign External Debt Crises -- A Digression on the Theoretical Underpinnings of Debt Crises -- Cycles of Sovereign Default on External Debt -- External Default through History -- The Forgotten History of Domestic Debt and Default -- The Stylized Facts of Domestic Debt and Default -- Domestic Debt: The Missing Link Explaining External Default and High Inflation -- Domestic and External Default: Which Is Worse? Who Is Senior? -- Banking Crises, Inflation, and Currency Crashes -- Banking Crises -- Default through Debasement: An "Old World Favorite" -- Inflation and Modern Currency Crashes -- The U.S. Subprime Meltdown and the Second Great Contraction -- The U.S. Subprime Crisis: An International and Historical Comparison -- The Aftermath of Financial Crises -- The International Dimensions of the Subprime Crisis -- Composite Measures of Financial Turmoil -- What Have We Learned? -- Reflections on Early Warnings, Graduation, Policy Responses, and the Foibles of Human Nature -- Macroeconomic Time Series -- Public Debt -- Dates of Banking Crises -- Historical Summaries of Banking Crises.
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Preamble: Some Initial Intuitions on Financial Fragility and the Fickle Nature of Confidence -- Pt. I. Financial Crises: An Operational Primer -- Ch. 1. Varieties of Crises and Their Dates -- Ch. 2. Debt Intolerance: The Genesis of Serial Default -- Ch. 3. A Global Database on Financial Crises with a Long-Term View -- Pt. II. Sovereign External Debt Crises -- Ch. 4. A Digression on the Theoretical Underpinnings of Debt Crises -- Ch. 5. Cycles of Sovereign Default on External Debt -- Ch. 6. External Default through History -- Pt. III. The Forgotten History of Domestic Debt and Default -- Ch. 7. The Stylized Facts of Domestic Debt and Default -- Ch. 8. Domestic Debt: The Missing Link Explaining External Default and High Inflation -- Ch. 9. Domestic and External Default: Which Is Worse? Who Is Senior? -- Pt. IV. Banking Crises, Inflation, and Currency Crashes -- Ch. 10. Banking Crises -- Ch. 11. Default through Debasement: An "Old World Favorite" -- Ch. 12. Inflation and Modern Currency Crashes -- Pt. V. The U.S. Subprime Meltdown and the Second Great Contraction -- Ch. 13. The U.S. Subprime Crisis: An International and Historical Comparison -- Ch. 14. The Aftermath of Financial Crises -- Ch. 15. The International Dimensions of the Subprime Crisis -- Ch. 16. Composite Measures of Financial Turmoil -- Pt. VI. What Have We Learned? -- Ch. 17. Reflections on Early Warnings, Graduation, Policy Responses, and the Foibles of Human Nature -- A.1. Macroeconomic Time Series -- A.2. Public Debt -- A.3. Dates of Banking Crises -- A.4. Historical Summaries of Banking Crises.

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