Lessons from the great recession  at the crossroads of sustainability and recovery /  [electronic resource] : 
edited by Constantin Gurdgiev, Liam Leonard, Maria Alejandra Gonzalez-Perez. 
 - Bingley, U.K. :  Emerald,  2016. 
 - 1 online resource (350 p.). 
 - Advances in sustainability and environmental justice,  v. 18  2051-5030 ; .
 - Advances in sustainability and environmental justice ;  v. 18. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references. 
<br/><br/>Crisis contagion from advanced economies into BRIC: not as simple as in the old days / Constantin Gurdgiev, Barry Trueick -- Turning tigers into PIIGS: the role of leverage in the Irish economic collapse / Shaen Corbet -- Manhattan is not New York: the divergent import of the great recession and natural disasters on New York City's Five Boroughs / Carolyn E. Predmore, Lauren Trabold -- UNASUR-GRID: financing sustainable energy sovereignty with the Bank of the South / Tony Phillips -- On the effects of commodities prices on sustainable development: an opportunity? / Gustavo Canavire-Bacarreza, Maria Aristizabal-Ramirez -- Improving post-2015 development cooperation through donor support for inclusive business / Maria Alejandra Pineda-Escobar, Fabian Garzon Cuervo -- The great recession and emerging market firms: unpacking the divide between global and national level sustainability expectations / Luis Alfonso Dau, Elizabeth Maire Moore, Margaret Soto -- Global financial crisis and the emergence and maturing of socially responsible investments / Carolina Herrera-Cano, Maria Alejandra Gonzalez-Perez -- After the flood comes the tax: European road to financial transactions tax / Constantin Gurdgiev, Barry Murphy -- Networked social movements and the politics of mortgage: from the right to housing to the assault on institutions / Eva Alvarez de Andres, Patrik Zapata, Maria Jose Zapata Campos -- Solar eclipse: investment treaty arbitration and Spain's photovoltaic troubles / Ioannis Glinavos -- Capital for the twenty-first century: a response to'Capital in the Twenty-First Century' by Thomas Piketty / Amelia Correa, Romar Correa. 
<br/><br/> This volume examines global cases of environmental sustainability and economics in the context of nations from multi-disciplinary perspectives. This book analyses the problems faced globally as economies try to build a sustainable future in the aftermath of the'Great Recession', and the recent economic and financial crises.  Lessons from the Great Recession: At the Crossroads of Sustainability and Recovery examines global cases of environmental sustainability and economics in the context of nations from multi-disciplinary perspectives. The book discusses the high costs of decisions taken in response to the recent economic crises, which as a result have created a lack of investment in environmental and developmental considerations. This volume analyses the problems faced globally as economies try to build a sustainable future in the aftermath of the'Great Recession'. The book observes concepts of sustainability in the post-recession and post-bailout world around aspects such as Fiscal / economic / social sustainability; Financial sustainability (sector risks etc.); Environmental sustainability. Chapters scrutinise the relationships between nations and supra state agencies such as the UN, EU, IMF etc. in the context of economic crises. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781785607424 (electronic bk.) 
<br/><br/><label>ISSN: </label>2051-5030 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Business & Economics--Development--Sustainable Development.<br/>Environmental economics.<br/>Economic stabilization.<br/>Sustainable development.<br/>Environmental economics.<br/>Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HB3732  / .L47 2016 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>330.90511