Chapter Overview

The chapters in this book reflect on people's relationships with past financial crises - from public opinion to business leaders and policy makers.

Addressing Fundamental Questions

In connection with financial crises, Remembering and Learning from Financial Crises addresses three fundamental questions: first, are financial crises remembered, and if so how? Second, have lessons been drawn from past financial crises? And third, have past experiences been used in order to make practical decisions when confronted with a new crisis?

Approaches and Perspectives

These questions are of course related, yet they have been approached from different historical perspectives, using methodologies borrowed from different academic disciplines. One of the objectives of this book is to explore how these approaches can complement each other in order to better understand the relationships between remembering and learning from financial crises and how the past is used by financial institutions.

Recognising Recurring Phenomena

It thus recognises financial crisis as a recurring phenomenon and addresses the impact that this has in a range of public and policy contexts.