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Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “timothy j sinclair”
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  • To the Brink of Destruction

    America's Rating Agencies and Financial Crisis

    by Timothy J. Sinclair ...
    Series series Cornell Studies in Money
    To the Brink of Destruction exposes how America's rating agencies helped generate the global financial crisis of 2007 and beyond, surviving and thriving in the aftermath. Despite widespread scrutiny, rating agencies continued to operate on the same business model and wield extraordinary power, exerting extensive influence over public policy.Timothy J. Sinclair brings the shadowy corners of this ... Read more

    $35.99 CAD

  • The New Masters of Capital

    American Bond Rating Agencies and the Politics of Creditworthiness

    by Timothy J. Sinclair ...
    Series series Cornell Studies in Political Economy
    In The New Masters of Capital, Timothy J. Sinclair examines a key aspect of the global economy—the rating agencies. In the global economy, trust is formalized in the daily operations of such firms as Moody's and Standard & Poor's, which continuously monitor the financial health of bond-issuers ranging from private corporations to local and national governments. Their judgments affect unimaginably ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD

  • The Whole Christ

    Legalism, Antinomianism, and Gospel Assurance—Why the Marrow Controversy Still Matters

    by Sinclair B. Ferguson ...
    Since the days of the early church, Christians have struggled to understand the relationship between two seemingly contradictory concepts in the Bible: law and gospel. If, as the apostle Paul says, the law cannot save, what can it do? Is it merely an ancient relic from Old Testament Israel to be discarded? Or is it still valuable for Christians today? Helping modern Christians think through this ... Read more

    $33.09 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Global Governance

    by Timothy Sinclair ...
    Series series Key Concepts
    In today’s uncertain world, the concept of global governance has never been more relevant or widely discussed. But what does this elusive idea really mean, and why has it become so important? This pacey introduction sheds new light on the issues involved, offering readers a comprehensive account of competing conceptions of global governance, and evaluating the ways in which rival theories strive ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

  • The Problem with Banks

    by Lena Rethel, Timothy J. Sinclair ...
    Banks of all sorts are troubled institutions. The cost of public bail-outs associated with the subprime crisis in the United States alone may be as high as US$5 trillion. What is the problem with banks? Why do they seem to be at the centre of economic and financial turmoil down through the ages? In this provocative and timely book, Rethel and Sinclair seek answers to these questions, arguing that ... Read more

    $28.99 CAD

  • Common Goods

    Reinventing European Integration Governance

    by Adrienne Héritier, Dominik Böllhoff, Tanja A. Börzel, Claire Cutler, Christoph Engel, Henry Farrell, Katharina Holzinger, Dieter Kerwer, Christoph Knill, Dirk Lehmkuhl, Renate Mayntz, Leonor Moral Soriano, Elinor Ostrom, B. Guy Peters, Timothy Sinclair, Torsten Strulik ...
    Series series Governance in Europe Series
    As European countries become more interdependent, the provision of common goods increasingly must be organized across national boundaries, levels of government, and sectors. In addition, former adversaries in the public and private sectors must learn to collaborate rather than compete. These changing paradigms call for new institutional and instrumental arrangements that move beyond existing modes ... Read more

    $70.99 CAD

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  • Zombie Economics: How Dead Ideas Still Walk among Us

    by John Quiggin ...
    In the graveyard of economic ideology, dead ideas still stalk the land. The recent financial crisis laid bare many of the assumptions behind market liberalism--the theory that market-based solutions are always best, regardless of the problem. For decades, their advocates dominated mainstream economics, and their influence created a system where an unthinking faith in markets led many to view ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD

  • How Numbers Rule the World

    The Use and Abuse of Statistics in Global Politics

    by Lorenzo Fioramonti ...
    Series series Economic Controversies
    Numbers dominate global politics and, as a result, our everyday lives. Credit ratings steer financial markets and can make or break the future of entire nations. GDP drives our economies. Stock market indices flood our media and national debates. Statistical calculations define how we deal with climate change, poverty and sustainability. But what is behind these numbers?In How Numbers Rule the ... Read more

    $26.99 CAD

  • Worship by the Book

    by Rev. Mark Ashton, R. Kent Hughes, Timothy Keller, D. A. Carson ...
    “What is at stake is authenticity. . . . Sooner or later Christians tire of public meetings that are profoundly inauthentic, regardless of how well (or poorly) arranged, directed, performed. We long to meet, corporately, with the living and majestic God and to offer him the praise that is his due.”—D. A. CarsonWorship is a hot topic, but the ways that Christians from different traditions view it ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD

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  • An Analysis of Charles P. Kindleberger's Manias, Panics, and Crashes

    A History of Financial Crises

    by Nicholas Burton ...
    Series series The Macat Library
    Perhaps the most peculiar feature of a financial bubble – one that Charles Kindleberger's classic work Manias, Panics and Crashes draws particular attention to – is the inability of those trapped inside it to grasp the seriousness of their predicament. They know in principle that bubbles exist, and they know that the financial crashes that result from them are capable of destroying individuals' ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

  • Just Financial Markets?

    Finance in a Just Society

    Edited by Lisa Herzog ...
    Well-functioning financial markets are crucial for the economic well-being and the justice of contemporary societies. The Great Financial Crisis has shown that a perspective that naively trusts in the self-regulating powers of free markets cannot capture what is at stake in understanding and regulating financial markets. The damage done by the Great Financial Crisis, including its distributive ... Read more

    $105.99 CAD

  • Aid from International NGOs

    Blind Spots on the AID Allocation Map

    by Dirk-Jan Koch ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Development Economics
    International NGOs are increasingly important players within the new aid architecture but their geographic choices remain uncharted territory. This book focuses on patterns of development assistance, mapping, while analysing and assessing the country choices of the largest international NGOs. Koch's approach is interdisciplinary and uses qualitative, quantitative and experimental methods to ... Read more

    $89.31 CAD