1st Edition
The Age of Global Economic Crises (1929-2022)
Preface
Juan Hernández Andreu
Chapter 1. The Great Depression of 1929: crisis in the world economy
Juan Manuel Matés-Barco
Chapter 2. Europe after World War II in 1945-1946
Leonardo Caruana de las Cagigas, Julio Tascón Fernández
Chapter 3. Major economic recessions in the last quarter of the 20th Century: The oil crisis (1973-1980)
María Vázquez-Fariñas
Chapter 4. The External Debt Crisis and the "Lost Decade" in Latin America (1980-1990)
María José Vargas-Machuca Salido
Chapter 5. The 1990s: Crisis during the Globalisation
Simone Fari
Chapter 6. Great Global Financial Recession (2008-2013)
María-Luz De-Prado-Herrera and Luis Garrido-González
Chapter 7. Global economy vs. Covid-19 pandemic
Mariano Castro-Valdivia
Epilogue. The economic crises of the last century: a Spanish perspective
Antonio Martín-Mesa
Biography
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).
María Vázquez-Fariñas is Lecturer in History and Economic Institutions Area (Department of Economic Theory and History) at the University of Málaga (Spain). PhD in Social and Legal Sciences and Degree in Business Administration and Management from the University of Cádiz. Actively involved as a component of the Research Group of Historical Studies on the Enterprise (GEHESE-UJA) and part of the Editorial Board of the journal Agua y Territorio/Water and Landscape (AYT/WAL). General lines of research focus on the economic and business history of 19th-century Cádiz (Andalusia, Spain) and the development of public services in contemporary Spain. Author of many works on these subjects published in national and international journals and publishing houses.
