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020			_a9780470976111
040			_aSDU
050	0	0	_aHB3807 _bL989 B 2011
100	1		_aLynn, Matthew. _9186967
245	1	0	_aBust : _bGreece, the Euro, and the sovereign debt crisis / _cMatthew Lynn.
260			_aHoboken, N.J. : _bBloomberg Press, _c2011.
300			_a282 p.
505			_aHKBU library
518			_aYT2025 M09
520			_a"Athens, Greece May Day 2010. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the European Union (EU) were putting together the final details of a 100-billion Euro rescue package for the country. The Greek Prime Minister, George Papandreou had agreed to a savage package of Austerity Measures involving cuts in public spending and lower salaries and pensions. Outside, riot police were deployed as protestors gathered to fight the austerity program. A country with a history of revolution and dictatorship hovered on the brink of collapse with the world's financial markets watching to see if the deal cobbled together would be enough to both calm the markets, rescue the Greek economy, and with it the Euro, from oblivion. In Bust: Greece, the Euro, and the Sovereign Debt Crisis leading market commentator Matthew Lynn blends financial history, politics and current affairs to tell the story of how one nation rode the wave of economic prosperity and brought a continent, a currency, and potentially, the global financial system to its knees. Bust: Greece, the Euro, and the Sovereign Debt Crisis is a story of government deceit, unfettered spending, and cheap borrowing. As well as charting Greece?s rise, and spectacular fall from grace, it looks at the global repercussions of a financial disaster that shows many of the hallmarks of the Lehman Brother's debacle. It looks at how the Greek contagion has spread like wildfire through Europe, and, as the global financial community looks on in concern, club Med, or PIGGS countries succumb to its influence. And of course, no financial crisis is complete without Goldman Sachs and murky deals, as the author explores how speculators and derivatives traders compounded the problem. Written in a lively and entertaining style, Bust: Greece, the Euro, and the Sovereign Debt Crisis is a lively and engaging account of a country gone wrong, for anyone interested in world events and global economics."--
520			_a"Written in a lively and entertaining style, Bust: Greece, the Euro, and the Sovereign Debt Crisis is a lively and engaging account of a country gone wrong, for anyone interested in world events and global economics"--
650		0	_aFinancial crises _zGreece _xHistory _y21st century. _9186968
650		0	_aDebts, External _zGreece _xHistory _y21st century. _9186969
650		0	_aEconomic stabilization _zGreece _xHistory _y21st century. _9186970
651		0	_aGreece _xEconomic conditions _y1974- _9186971
651		0	_aGreece _xEconomic policy _y1974- _9186972
900			_a= C.1 SDU
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