A Crash Course on Crises

04-01-2024
Author(s): Markus K. Brunnermeier, Ricardo Reis
Publication Number: ECES-SB267
Issued in: 2023

Overview:
An incisive overview of the macroeconomics of financial crises—essential reading for students and policy experts alike

With alarming frequency, modern economies go through macro-financial crashes that arise from the financial sector and spread to the broader economy, inflicting deep and prolonged recessions. A Crash Course on Crises brings together the latest cutting-edge economic research to identify the seeds of these crashes, reveal their triggers and consequences, and explain what policymakers can do about them.