Banks, Bankers, and Bankruptcies Under Crisis uses case studies of failed banks, banks that would have failed without taxpayer intervention, and in some cases banks obliged to merge under government pressure, to better understand global banking today. Using these case studies from around the world, including the United States, Britain, Germany, France, Italy and Japan, expert Dimitris N. Chorafas examines whether the Basel III new rules might have made a difference for the success of banks during the Great Recession.