Crisis: Cause, Containment and Cure

THOMAS F. HUERTAS is Director, Banking Sector for the Financial Services Authority, UK. Previously, he worked for Citigroup for nearly 30 years in various roles, including senior policy and business positions. He has written extensively on the current crisis, credit derivatives, insurance and retail banking.

Introduction PART I: CAUSE Rational Exuberance? The Great Moderation and the Search for Yield Fair Weather Finance PART II: CONTAINMENT Conditional Containment Moving Toward Meltdown: The Failure of Lehman Brothers and its Aftermath Unconditional Containment PART III: CURE Better Resolution Better Deposit Guarantee Schemes Better Macroeconomic Policy Better Regulation Better Supervision Conclusion: Toward a Globally Consistent Framework Notes References Index