Central banks now stand between societies and collapse, but are they still democratic?

Two decades of financial crises have dramatically expanded central banks' powers. In 2008, and then again in…

Eleven-year-old Tom the Vam-Wolf-Zom meets the zombie who bit him, who is a pretty nice guy, but even the nicest monster can’t help Tom with middle school conundrums like band…

This book is not just for tax and public finance specialists, but for anyone interested in the development of the British and American corporation over the last century, the impact…

Since this book was first published four years ago, the pace of change in the banking world has accelerated and this updated version shows how specific banks have fared, how…

Based on in-depth interviews with more than 30 senior, experienced bankers, regulators, consultants, and others deeply involved in the regulatory process, this text provides the real best practice picture of…

Work has become for many people the central reference point in their lives and the main consumer of their time and energy. Whether people have much or little money is…

The traditional role of a bank was to transfer funds from savers to investors, engaging in maturity transformation, screening for borrower risk and monitoring for borrower effort in doing so…

A guide to the world of the Freak. It features blogs, conversations, wisecracks and advice from the last decade to reveal the outlandish truth about everything from lying to bank…