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Crises

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• Dull Disasters? How Planning Ahead Will Make a Difference (Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, c2016), by Daniel J. Clarke and Stefan Dercon (PDF with commentary at worldbank.org)
• Even in Chaos: Education in Times of Emergency (New York: Fordham University Press, and Center for International Humanitarian Coooperation, 2010), ed. by Kevin M. Cahill (PDF with commentary at bepress.com)
• Computing and Communications in the Extreme: Research for Crisis Management and Other Applications, by National Research Council Computer Science and Telecommunications Board (HTML and page images at NAP)

• Decisiveness and Fear of Disorder: Political Decision-Making in Times of Crisis (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, c2024), by Julius Maximilian Rogenhofer (multiple formats with commentary at fulcrum.org)

• Framing the Global Economic Downturn: Crisis Rhetoric and the Politics of Recessions (2009), ed. by Paul 't Hart and Karen Tindall (PDF and HTML with commentary at ANU E Press)

• Guide for Developing High-Quality School Emergency Operations Plans (2013), by United States Department of Education (PDF at ed.gov)

• Guide for Developing High-Quality School Emergency Operations Plans (2013), by United States Department of Education (PDF at ed.gov)

• Threat Assessment in Schools: A Guide to Managing Threatening Situations and to Creating Safe School Climates (Washington: U.S. Secret Service and U.S. Dept. of Education, 2002), by Robert A. Fein, Brian Vossekuil, William S. Pollack, Randy Borum, William Modzeleski, and Marisa Reddy (PDF at secretservice.gov)
• Report of the National School Shield Task Force (with appendixes; Washington: National Rifle Association, 2013), by National School Shield Task Force (PDF at nraschoolshield.com)

• Guide for Preventing and Responding to School Violence (second edition, 2009), by International Association of Chiefs of Police (PDF at ojp.gov)

• Framing the Global Economic Downturn: Crisis Rhetoric and the Politics of Recessions (2009), ed. by Paul 't Hart and Karen Tindall (PDF and HTML with commentary at ANU E Press)
• Post-Crisis Fiscal Policy (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2014), ed. by Carlo Cottarelli, Philip R. Gerson, and Abdelhak S. Senhadji (PDF files with commentary at MIT Press)
• The Careless State: Wealth and Welfare in Britain Today (London and New York: Bloomsbury Academic, c2010), by Paul Graham Taylor (HTML at bloomsburyacademic.com; registration optional)
• Commercial Crises of the Nineteenth Century (London: Swan Sonnenschein; New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1902), by H. M. Hyndman (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Financial Crises and Periods of Industrial and Commercial Depression (New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1902), by Theodore E. Burton (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Geschichte der Handelskrisen in England im Zusammenhang mit der Entwicklung des Englischen Wirtschaftslebens, 1640-1840 (in German; Munich: E. Reinhardt, 1907), by Mentor Bouniatian (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• La Crisis, 1885-1892, Sistema Bancario (in Spanish; Buenos Aires: Impr. M. Biedma, 1893), by José A. Terry
  • page images at HathiTrust
  • multiple formats at Google
  • multiple formats at archive.org
• When Things Don't Fall Apart: Global Financial Governance and Developmental Finance in an Age of Productive Incoherence, by Ilene Grabel, contrib. by Dani Rodrik (PDF files with commentary at MIT Press)

• The Crisis That Was Not Prevented: Lessons for Argentina, the IMF, and Globalisation (2003), ed. by Jan Joost Teunissen and Age Akkerman (PDF with commentary at fondad.org)

• Straddling Economics and Politics: Cross-Cutting Issues in Asia, the United States, and the Global Economy (2002), by Charles Wolf (PDF files at rand.org)

• A Regional Approach to Financial Crisis Prevention: Lessons from Europe and Initiatives in Asia, Latin America and Africa (2002), ed. by Jan Joost Teunissen (PDF with commentary at fondad.org)
• Reforming the International Financial System: Crisis Prevention and Response (2000), ed. by Jan Joost Teunissen (PDF with commentary at fondad.org)

• Global Imbalances and the US Debt Problem: Should Developing Countries Support the US Dollar? (The Hague: Fondad, c2006), ed. by Jan Joost Teunissen and Age Akkerman (PDF with commentary at fondad.org)

• In the Wake of the Crisis: Leading Economists Reassess Economic Policy (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2012), ed. by Olivier Blanchard, David Romer, Michael Spence, and Joseph E. Stiglitz (PDF files with commentary at MIT Press)

• New Challenges of Crisis Prevention: Addressing Economic Imbalances in the North and Boom-Bust Cycles in the South (2001), ed. by Jan Joost Teunissen (PDF with commentary at fondad.org)
• A Regional Approach to Financial Crisis Prevention: Lessons from Europe and Initiatives in Asia, Latin America and Africa (2002), ed. by Jan Joost Teunissen (PDF with commentary at fondad.org)

• New Challenges of Crisis Prevention: Addressing Economic Imbalances in the North and Boom-Bust Cycles in the South (2001), ed. by Jan Joost Teunissen (PDF with commentary at fondad.org)

• Protecting the Poor: Global Financial Institutions and the Vulnerability of Low-Income Countries (The Hague: Fondad, 2005), ed. by Jan Joost Teunissen and Age Akkerman (PDF with commentary at fondad.org)
• Financial Stability and Growth in Emerging Economies: The Role of the Financial Sector (2003), ed. by Jan Joost Teunissen and Mark Teunissen (PDF with commentary at fondad.org)
• Post-Crisis Growth in Developing Countries: A Special Report of the Commission on Growth and Development on the Implications of the 2008 Financial Crisis (in English and Arabic; c2010), by Commission on Growth and Development (PDF with commentary at worldbank.org)

• Deep Freeze: Iceland's Economic Collapse (Auburn, AL: Ludwig von Mises Institute, c2011), by Philipp Bagus and David Howden (PDF and Epub at mises.org)

• The Sixty-First Second (New York: F. A. Stokes Co., 1913), by Owen Johnson, illust. by A. B. Wenzell (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• The Moneychangers, by Upton Sinclair (Gutenberg text)
• Rahanvaihtajat (The Moneychangers translated into Finnish; 1915), by Upton Sinclair, trans. by Yrjö Sirola (Gutenberg text)

• What Have We Learned? Macroeconomic Policy After the Crisis (Cambridge, MA and London: MIT Press, c2014), ed. by George A. Akerlof, Olivier Blanchard, David Romer, and Joseph E. Stiglitz (PDF at dropbox.com)

• Disrupting Business: Art and Activism in Times of Financial Crisis (Brooklyn, NY: Autonomedia, c2013), ed. by Tatiana Bazzichelli and Geoff Cox (PDF with commentary at data-browser.net)

• The Financial Crisis Inquiry Report: Final Report of the National Commission on the Causes of the Financial And Economic Crisis in the United States (official government edition, 2011), by United States Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission
  • PDF with commentary at Stanford
  • PDF with commentary at fcic.gov
• Plunder and Blunder: The Rise and Fall of the Bubble Economy (Sausalito, CA: PoliPoint Press, c2009), by Dean Baker (PDF at deanbaker.net)
• Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac: Turning the American Dream into a Nightmare (London and New York: Bloomsbury Academic, c2012), by Oonagh McDonald (HTML with commentary at bloomsburyacademic.com; registration optional)

• The Adventures of Harry Franco: A Tale of the Great Panic (New York: F. Saunders, 1839), by Charles F. Briggs
  • both volumes: page images at HathiTrust
  • Volume I: HTML at Northwestern
  • Volume II: HTML at Northwestern

• The Financial Crisis Inquiry Report: Final Report of the National Commission on the Causes of the Financial And Economic Crisis in the United States (official government edition, 2011), by United States Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission
  • PDF with commentary at Stanford
  • PDF with commentary at fcic.gov
• The First Global Financial Crisis of the 21st Century (2 volumes; London: Centre for Economic Policy Research, 2008-2009), ed. by Andrew Felton and Carmen M. Reinhart
  • original publication (to June 2008): PDF with commentary at voxeu.org
  • Part II (June-December 2008): PDF with commentary at voxeu.org
• Betrayal of Americanism (2010), by Hem Raj Jain (HTML at Wayback Machine)
• Nordics in Global Crisis: Vulnerability and Resilience (2010), by Thorvaldur Gylfason, Bengt Holmström, Sixten Korkman, Hans Tson Söderström, and Vesa Vihriäläa (PDF in Iceland)
• Taxation and the Financial Crisis (Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2012), ed. by Julian Alworth and Giampaolo Arachi
  • HTML at oxfordscholarship.com
  • PDF at oup.com
• Post-Crisis Fiscal Policy (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2014), ed. by Carlo Cottarelli, Philip R. Gerson, and Abdelhak S. Senhadji (PDF files with commentary at MIT Press)
• The Benefits of the New Economy: Resolving the Global Economic Crisis Through Mutual Guarantee (Toronto and New York: ARI Publishers, c2012), by Guy Isaac, Joseph Levy, and Alexander Ognits, trans. by Chaim Ratz (Microsoft Word document at ariresearch.org)
• Deep Freeze: Iceland's Economic Collapse (Auburn, AL: Ludwig von Mises Institute, c2011), by Philipp Bagus and David Howden (PDF and Epub at mises.org)
• Post-Crisis Growth in Developing Countries: A Special Report of the Commission on Growth and Development on the Implications of the 2008 Financial Crisis (in English and Arabic; c2010), by Commission on Growth and Development (PDF with commentary at worldbank.org)
• The Consequences of the Global Financial Crisis, ed. by Wyn Grant and Graham K. Wilson (HTML with commentary at Oxford Scholarship Online)

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