Beschreibung:
Juan Manuel Matés-Barco is Professor of Economic History and Business History at the University of Jaén. Graduate of the University of Zaragoza. Doctor from the University of Granada. Research stays in prestigious universities in Italy, France, and Portugal. Four six-year research periods recognised by the National Commission for the Evaluation of Research Activity (CNEAI. Ministry of Universities. Spain). Director of the journal Agua y Territorio/Water and Landscape (AYT/WAL). Researcher at the Permanent Seminar on Water, Territory, and the Environment: Public Policies and Citizen Participation. Coordinator of several research projects. Head Researcher of the Group of Historical Studies on the Company (GEHESE-UJA).
The frequency and repetition of economic crises over the last hundred years demands an analysis that allows us to discover the root causes of these situations and the problems they have generated in the world economy. This book investigates these cycles throughout the 20th and the early 21st century.
1. The Great Depression of 1929: crisis in the world economy 2. Europe after World War II in 1945-1946 3. Major economic recessions in the last quarter of the 20th Century: The oil crisis (1973-1980) 4. The External Debt Crisis and the "Lost Decade" in Latin America (1980-1990) 5. The 1990s: Crisis during the Globalisation 6. Great Global Financial Recession (2008-2013) 7. Global economy vs. Covid-19 pandemic 8. The economic crises of the last century: a Spanish perspective