01975cam a2200325 a 4500001000700000003000400007005001700011008004100028010001700069020002900086020002500115020002600140040002600166042000800192050002300200082001700223100001800240245004000258260005600298300002700354490001500381504006600396520095200462650002701414650003801441650004001479650005401519650005701573650001901630018066OSt20210907122350.0110826s2012    enk      b    001 0 eng    a  2011036172  a9780415619165 (hardback)  a9780415619172 (pbk.)  a9780203828403 (ebook)  aCUCKcCUCKdCUCKbeng  apcc00aHG3881b.H618 201200a332/.0422231 aHolton, R. J.10aGlobal Finance /cRobert J. Holton.  aAbingdon, Oxon ;aNew York, NY :bRoutledge,c2012.  aviii, 118 p. ;c21 cm.0 aShort cuts  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [110]-113) and index.  a"Written under the shadow of the global financial crisis, this book charts the current shape of global finance and tries to explain why the crisis arose - and what can be done about it. Economics alone cannot fully explain how global finance operates, and why it is so crisis prone. Global Finance offers a wider approach in three key ways, by: - setting markets and financial market failure in a historical context - bringing politics and culture back into the analysis of global finance - drawing on the latest thinking by sociologists of economic life. With a convincing argument for better regulation of markets, Robert Holton provides a fascinating insight into the volatile and often misunderstood world of global finance. This is a key text for undergraduate students of sociology, economics, business, and politics, as well as being an incisive, informative read for anyone with an interest in this topical issue"--cProvided by publisher. 0aInternational finance. 0aBanks and banking, International. 0aGlobal Financial Crisis, 2008-2009. 0aInternational economic relationsxSocial aspects. 0aInternational economic relationsxPolitical aspects. 0aGlobalization.