"Financial Stability describes the economic, political and legal antecedents of financial crises in the western market economies. By describing how these events developed in the past and how the markets can be used to gauge the threat of future contagion, the book provides a roadmap for how we can avoid financial disruptions and thereby maximize financial stability and economic prosperity. The book will explain: Measuring moral hazard in the future Political reaction to past financial crises Economics, accounting, law, and mathematics surrounding financial stability Sources of capital and capital needFinancial Stability provides investment professionals, policy makers and members of the public with new insights into the workings of the financial markets and the political economy in which we all live and work"-- Provided by publisher.

"Describes the economic, political and legal antecedents of financial crises in the western market economies. By describing how these events developed in the past and how the markets can be used to gauge the threat of future contagion, the book provides a roadmap for how we can avoid financial disruptions and thereby maximize financial stability and economic prosperity"-- Provided by publisher.