Gurdgiev, Leonard, and Gonzalez-Perez present readers with a collection of academic and professional perspectives on what lessons can be learned from the Great Recession in terms of sustainability and economic recovery and prosperity. The contributions that make up the main body of the text are devoted to the role of leverage in the Irish economic collapse, the divergent import of the great recession and natural disasters on New York’s five boroughs, financing sustainable energy sovereignty with The Bank of the South, and many other related subjects. Constantin Gurdgiev is a faculty member of Trinity College in Ireland. Liam Leonard is a faculty member of California State University, Fullerton. Maria Alejandra Gonzalez-Perez is a faculty member of Universidad EAFIT in Columbia.

Edited by Constantin Gurdgiev, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland Liam Leonard, California State University, Fullerton, CA, USA Maria Alejandra Gonzalez-Perez, Universidad Eafit, Medellin, Colombia

Crisis Contagion from Advanced Economies into BRIC: Not as Simple as in the Old Days - Constantin Gurdgiev and Barry Trueick Turning Tigers into PIIGS: The Role of Leverage in the Irish Economic Collapse - Shaen Corbet Manhattan is not New York: The Divergent Import of the Great Recession and Natural Disasters on New York City’s Five Boroughs - Carolyn E. Predmore and Lauren Trabold UNASUR-GRID: Financing Sustainable Energy Sovereignty with the Bank of the South - Tony Phillips On the Effects of Commodities Prices on Sustainable Development: An Opportunity? - Maria Aristizabal-Ramirez and Gustavo Canavire-Bacarreza Improving Post-2015 Development Cooperation through Donor Support for Inclusive Business - Maria Alejandra Pineda-Escobar and Fabian Garzon-Cuervo The Great Recession and Emerging Market Firms: Unpacking the Divide between Global and National Level Sustainability Expectations - Luis Alfonso Dau, Elizabeth Marie Moore and Margaret Soto Global Financial Crisis and the Emergence and Maturing of Socially Responsible Investments - Carolina Herrera-Cano and Maria Alejandra Gonzalez-Perez After the Flood Comes the Tax: European Road to Financial Transactions Tax - Constantin Gurdgiev and Barry Murphy Networked Social Movements and the Politics of Mortgage: From the Right to Housing to the Assault on Institutions - Eva Alvarez de Andres, Patrik Zapata and Mar?a Jose Zapata Campos Solar Eclipse: Investment Treaty Arbitration and Spain’s Photovoltaic Troubles - Ioannis Glinavos Capital for the Twenty-First Century: A Response to ‘Capital in the Twenty-First Century’ by Thomas Piketty - Amelia Correa and Romar Correa