The Global Financial Crisis

How Global Capitalism's systemic flaws and the 2008 financial crisis reveal the inherent instability of the boom and bust cycle and the banking sector.

31 chapters

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Chapters

11. Introduction 2 min read
21.1 Anatomy Of A Crisis 2 min read
31.2 Diagnosis2 min read
42. What Went Wrong?1 min read
52.1 Gamblers Folly – Let Them Fail 1 min read
62.2 Liquidity Crisis – The Banks Stopped Lending1 min read
72.3 The Domino Effect1 min read
83. Government Intervention: Superheroes To The Rescue1 min read
93.1 Bailouts2 min read
104. Capitalism’s Systemic Flaws 1 min read
114.1 A Monetary Time Bomb 2 min read
124.1 The Absurdity Of The Business Cycle: Boom And Bust 1 min read
134.2 Doomed To Live In A Crisis Ridden World1 min read
144.3 Inherent Instability2 min read
154.4 Prosperous Or Preposterous System1 min read
164.5 An Interest-free Economy1 min read
174.6 Capitalism And Its Future1 min read
185. The Islamic Perspective 1 min read
195.1 The Human Crisis 2 min read
205.2 Credit Or Misery Creation 3 min read
215.3 Gambling And The Legal Environment2 min read
225.4 A Market Free From Manipulation1 min read
235.5 Corporate Bias1 min read
245.6 Accounting For Success And Failure1 min read
255.7 Inflation Versus Gold/silver 2 min read
266. Conclusions 1 min read
277. Appendix 1 min read
287.1 Collateralised Debt Obligations (cdo’s)1 min read
297.2 Credit Default Swap (cds)1 min read
307.3 Currency Swaps 1 min read
318. Hizb Ut-tahrir 1 min read