The financial crisis prompted many to ask how financial systems from America and Iceland to Russia and Hungary could have been so misgoverned that their near collapse plunged the entire world into recession. Randall Germain assesses what needs to be done, and by whom, to avoid a repetition of what he calls the 'great freeze'.
Preface and Acknowledgments
Financial Governance and the State
Forging Financial Governance
Extending Financial Governance
Financial Governance and the Great Freeze
Global Politics and Financial Governance
Power and Governance in the Global Financial System
Conclusion: Global Governance and National Responsibility
Guide to Further Reading
Select Chronology of Financial Crises and Collapses.
