Perpustakaan Universitas Katolik Parahyangan
Berita
- Author:
Publisher:
Cengage Learning; 3 edition (April 10, 2002)
Author:
BIG (Bjarke Ingels Group)
Publisher:
Taschen
An odyssey of architectural adaptation with Bjarke Ingels
After the global success of YES IS MORE, one of the best-selling architecture books of its generation, BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group presents HOT TO COLD, An Odyssey of Architectural Adaptation. The book coincides with the HOT TO COLD show at the National Building Museum in Washington DC and presents 60 case studies in harsh climate conditions in order to examine where and how we live on our planet.
As we travel from one end of the spectrum to its opposite we will see that the more harsh the climate gets, the more intense its impact on the architecture. The central challenge is to mitigate the climatic extremes for hospitable human life, while finding solutions that can be both economically and environmentally profitable.
Architecture is the art and science of accommodating the lives we want to live. Our cities and buildings aren’t givens; they are the way they are because that is as far as we have gotten to date. They are the best efforts of our ancestors and fellow planetizens, and if they have shortcomings, it is up to us to continue that effort, pick up where they left off. HOT TO COLD stays true to BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group’s grand mission to find a pragmatic utopia, shaping not only a particular structural entity, but the kind of world we wish to inhabit.
The book features:
- Design from award-winning artists Sagmeister & Walsh
- Previously unpublished essays by Bjarke Ingels
- A convertible dust jacket-poster
Author:
Walter Kasper
Publisher:
Paulist Press
Contains writings from three different stages of Cardinal Walter Kasper’s theological journey. They seek to open up the gospel of Jesus Christ in a way that is intelligible to today’s readers. The works are: “An Introduction to the Faith,” “Surpassing All Knowledge,” and an original essay on evangelization, “New Evangelization as a Theological, Pastoral, and Spiritual Challenge.”
Author:
Kahlil Gibran
Publisher:
Bentang Pustaka
Kumpulan ungkapan kearifan Gibran mengenai berbagai segi kehidupan manusia.
Author:
Mathias Dewatripont, Jean Charles Rochet, and Jean Tirole
Publisher:
Princeton University Press
The financial crisis that began in 2007 in the United States swept the world, producing substantial bank failures and forcing unprecedented state aid for the crippled global financial system. Bringing together three leading financial economists to provide an international perspective, Balancing the Banks draws critical lessons from the causes of the crisis and proposes important regulatory reforms, including sound guidelines for the ways in which distressed banks might be dealt with in the future.
While some recent policy moves go in the right direction, others, the book argues, are not sufficient to prevent another crisis. The authors show the necessity of an adaptive prudential regulatory system that can better address financial innovation. Stressing the numerous and complex challenges faced by politicians, finance professionals, and regulators, and calling for reinforced international coordination (for example, in the treatment of distressed banks), the authors put forth a number of principles to deal with issues regarding the economic incentives of financial institutions, the impact of economic shocks, and the role of political constraints.
Offering a global perspective, Balancing the Banks should be read by anyone concerned with solving the current crisis and preventing another such calamity in the future.
Mathias Dewatripont is professor of economics at the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ECARES and Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management), annual visiting professor of economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and research director of the Center for Economic Policy and Research. Jean-Charles Rochet is professor of mathematics and economics at the University of Toulouse I. Jean Tirole, the winner of the 2014 Nobel Prize in Economics, is chairman of the Foundation Jean-Jacques Laffont at the Toulouse School of Economics, scientific director of Toulouse’s Industrial Economics Institute, and annual visiting professor of economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
REVIEWS:
“This compact but powerful book by three internationally recognized European economists is well worth reading. The authors offer a thoughtful review of the current global financial crisis and a number of considered recommendations for ameliorating the next and inevitable one.”—Choice
“Balancing the Banks, by three French economists, focuses on what went wrong with financial regulation and how it can be strengthened. It offers an excellent appreciation of the intrinsic dilemmas involved in regulating financial institutions, along with an explanation of why regulation is necessary, and addresses, among other topics, how to deal with distressed banks. The book provides a useful non-American view of the financial system, with lessons from practices in European countries.”—Foreign Affairs
ENDORSEMENTS:
“Three giants in the field have teamed up to offer their insightful perspectives on prudential regulation at a crucial time. The book is both academic and pragmatic, a real bridge between these two worlds. Mandatory reading for all policymakers and academics involved in the difficult subjects of banking regulation and crisis prevention.”–Ricardo Caballero, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
“This is a very good book on the financial crisis by three of the best economists in the world. Unusually among top economists, all three are knowledgeable about banking and the financial system. It will have an important impact on the debate about the reform of regulation.”–Franklin Allen, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
“This timely book provides valuable insights and suggestions from three of the foremost experts in the field of regulation.”–Markus K. Brunnermeier, Princeton University
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Acknowledgments vii
Chapter 1:
Introduction by Mathias Dewatripont, Jean-Charles Rochet, and Jean Tirole 1
Regulation in a Historical Perspective 1
To Regulate or Not to Regulate? 3
The Challenges Facing Prudential Regulation 6
Building an Adaptive Regulatory System in a Global World 7
Keeping a Balance 8
Chapter 2:
Lessons from the Crisis by Jean Tirole 10
Part I: What Happened? 11
Part II: How Should the Financial System Be Reformed? 47
Chapter 3:
The Future of Banking Regulation by Jean-Charles Rochet 78
The Basel Accords 78
The Breakdown of the Basel Prudential Regime 86
The Necessary Reforms 100
Chapter 4:
The Treatment of Distressed Banks by Mathias Dewatripont and Jean-Charles Rochet 107
Reforming Prudential Policy for Distressed Banks 110
Macroeconomic and Systemic Considerations 118
International Cooperation 122
References 131
Index 137
