The 2007-08 financial crisis surprised many economists and the public. But how did the crisis come about, why was it so deep, and why has the clean-up been so slow and painful?Many accounts of the crisis focus on renegade activity in marginal financial sectors. Shadow Networks challenges this pervading view and sets out to demonstrate that, far from a dissident branch, the shadow finance that initiated the crisis is tightly networked with, and highly profitable for, bank-based finance. The collapse was not an accident, but baked into the system of finance from the start. Shadow Networks traces the complex web of power that caused crisis and gives vivid descriptions of the actors in the quarter century leading up to 2007 to explain how the now decade-long crisis took shape.Shadow Networks: Financial Disorder and the System that Caused Crisis is a probing examination of the roles of the powerful elite. It traces the networks and institutions that support a finance-focused, market centered model of economy and society from their ascendancy to their surprising resilience in the face of manifest failures.

Shadow Networks: Financial Disorder and the System that Caused Crisis

Business & Money

Louçã, Francisco

Ash, Michael

Economics

Oxford University Press

A complete, accurate, and current data source on primary material tradename products for the rubber and plastic industries. This handbook gives short, easy-to-find information on over 15,000 chemical trademark products currently sold throughout the world. It is actually a four-books-in-one reference guide, covering: * tradename by category reference * tradename cross reference * chemical component cross reference * chemical manufacturers' directory International in scope, this sturdily bound volume is highly practical, well-organized and time-saving.

Handbook of Plastic Compounds, Elastomers and Resins: An International Guide by Category, Tradename, Composition and Supplier

Engineering & Transportation

Ash, Irene

Engineering

Vch Pub

Chemical Tradename Dictionary

This key reference will serve as the most comprehensive source for identifying and locating products in the international chemical marketplace. It has been written for the chemists, materials sientists, end-product formulators, industrial application specialists and scientists working in associated fields.

Reference

Dictionaries & Thesauruses

Wiley-VCH

The most current and comprehensive reference available on over 18,000 additive tradename products sold throughout the world, including absorbents, antioxidants, antistats, corrosion inhibitors, enzymes, lubricants, tackifiers, thickeners, water repellents. The only resource that both classifies and includes cross references to chemical component, function and manufacturer for easy use and accessibility. Provides expanded definitions for product entries and identification of new CAS numbers and CTFA names.

Handbook of Industrial Chemical Additives: An International Guide by Product, Trade Name Function, and Supplier

Science & Math

Chemistry

Some 16,000 tradename surface-active agents for industrial applications (including general-use surfactants, such as emulsifiers, wetting agents, foaming agents, detergents, dispersants, and solubilizers, as well as detergent raw materials, defoamers, and antifoaming agents), manufactured worldwide, are contained in this reference organized to guide those who are involved in the selection of these materials through the process of identifying, classifying, and selecting the most appropriate products for their requirements. Products that have been discontinued by companies are noted; products with name changes are cross-referenced to the new tradename; and a list of companies that have been acquired by other chemical manufacturers is included in the appendix. Full addresses are given for listed manufacturers. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

Handbook of Industrial Surfactants: An International Guide to More Than 16,000 Products by Tradename, Application, Composition & Manufacturer (Inclu)

Gower Pub.Co.

The food additive industry is growing at a rapid pace. Consumers throughout the world have created an increased demand for more processed foods requiring more additive ingredients, and healthier foods requiring replacements for fats and sugars. This has triggered a need for the development of food chemical additives that can produce more specialized effects. For example, as fat is reduced in food products, more flavour, emulsifier, and texturizing agents are needed to mimic its properties; flavour and flavour enhancers are used to compensate for reduced sugar and sodium. This reference has been compiled to provide information on about 5000 trade name products and more than 2500 chemicals that function as food additives. Food additives are defined as substances which are intentionally added to a food to affect its overall quality, reasonably expected to become a part of the food as a result of any aspect of production, processing, storage, or packaging. Entries for both trade names and chemicals contain extensive information that has been gathered from world-wide manufacturers, distributors, trade journals, government documents, and other references. It includes summaries of regulatory information for the United States, Europe and Japan presented in a tabular format. The products described are cross-referenced in multiple ways: chemical composition, function, CAS number, EINECS number, FEMA number, and E number.

Handbook of Food Additives: An International Guide to More Than 7,000 Products by Trade Name, Chemical, Function, and Manufacturer/Book and Demonstration Disk

This reference work describes over 1600 trade name and generic chemicals that are used as antimicrobials throughout the chemical industry. It contains comprehensive information on a broad range of antimicrobials available from major chemical manufacturers.

The Index of Antimicrobials: An International Guide to 1600 Products by Trade Name, Chemical, Application, and Manufacturer (Index Series)

Medical Books

Pharmacology

Handbook of Paint and Coating Raw Materials: Trade Name Products (1)

With over 1700 trade name products and chemicals used in the chemical industry, this index is a useful source for decision-making in formulating products, purchasing solvents and understanding the relevant safety issues. It provides current information on a variety of topics.

The Index of Solvents: An International Guide to 1700 Products by Trade Name, Chemical, Application, and Manufacturer (Gower Chemical Reference)

Handbook of Industrial Surfactants: An International Guide to More Than 21,000 Products by Trade Name, Composition, Application, and Manufacturer

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