Content Type: Journal Article / Political Geography: Germany / Topic: Financial Crisis

Author:: Carol Bellamy
Publication Date:: 03-2013
Content Type:: Journal Article
Journal:: World Policy Journal
Institution:: World Policy Institute
Abstract:: President Barack Obama has thrown down the gauntlet with his call for "a better way to welcome the striving, hopeful immigrants who still see America as a land of opportunity." It's a bold move for a mainstream politician. Across the world, and particularly in rich countries that are bobbing in the wake of the global financial crisis, politicians are running scared on immigration. Catcalls about immigrants sound especially tuneless here in the United States, where some 40 percent have at least one ancestor who arrived at Ellis Island between 1892 and 1954. Indeed, the wealth of this country has been built by risk-takers who had the courage to launch themselves into the unknown.
Topic:: Financial Crisis
Political Geography:: United States, America, Germany, and Island

Author:: Mark Hallerberg
Publication Date:: 04-2013
Content Type:: Journal Article
Journal:: The Cato Journal
Institution:: The Cato Institute
Abstract:: Germany has a northern European welfare state. This means that social benefits are extensive compared not only to the American standards but compared to other European countries, such as Italy or Spain. In the early 2000s, both foreign observers and Germans themselves considered the country the “sick man of Europe.” Its firms seemed increasingly uncompetitive, due especially to its costly labor. Economic growth in this period was stagnant. This “exporting giant” even had a slight current account deficit.
Topic:: Financial Crisis
Political Geography:: Europe, Germany, Spain, and Italy

Author:: Maximilian Hocke
Publication Date:: 06-2012
Content Type:: Journal Article
Journal:: The Goettingen Journal of International Law
Institution:: The Goettingen Journal of International Law
Abstract:: International investment law guarantees broad protection. The following article examines how measures against the Global Financial Crisis, e.g. the acquisition of shares or the refusal to help particular financial institutions, affected those standards. However, the article argues that due to public policy reasons the measures have been in accordance with all protection standards.
Topic:: Financial Crisis
Political Geography:: China, Germany, and Switzerland

Author:: Jörg Asmussen
Publication Date:: 07-2009
Content Type:: Journal Article
Journal:: The Washington Quarterly
Institution:: Center for Strategic and International Studies
Abstract:: The world economy has experienced a downturn of historical dimensions since the onset of 2009. Almost everywhere, production has declined rapidly, world trade has virtually collapsed, and the recession has spread to all major economic regions. The global financial crisis is the culmination of an exceptional boom in credit growth and leverage in the financial system. Low interest rates, abundant liquidity, and low volatility prompted investors to search for higher yields without an adequate appreciation of related risks. Financial institutions developed new structures and innovative risky instruments to meet investors' demand for higher yields. Investors in turn, overly optimistic about continued rises in asset prices, did not look closely enough into the nature of the assets they bought. They mostly relied on the analysis of credit rating agencies which were, in some cases, also selling advice on how to develop the rated products. This failure of market discipline played a considerable role in the crisis.
Topic:: Financial Crisis
Political Geography:: Germany

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