Financialisation in Crisis
Biographical note
Costas Lapavitsas is Professor of Economics at the School of Oriental and African Studies. He has published extensively on the political economy of money and finance. His publications include Social Foundations of Markets, Money and Credit (Routledge, 2003).
Readership
Academic libraries, institutes, university courses, policy centres and political/social activists. Those interested in radical explanations of the rise of finance, the transformation of the economy and the recurrence of crisis.
Table of contents
List of Tables and Figures
Introduction: A Crisis of Financialisation, Costas Lapavitsas
PART I: DOMESTIC FINANCIALISATION AND THE ROOTS OF THE CRISIS
1. Financialised Capitalism: Crisis and Financial Expropriation, Costas Lapavitsas
2. The Political Economy of the Subprime Meltdown, Gary Dymski
3. On the Content of Banking in Contemporary Capitalism, Paulo L. Dos Santos
4. Central Banking in Contemporary Capitalism: The Limits of Monetary Policy, Demophanos Papadatos
PART II: INTERNATIONAL FINANCIALISATION AND THE GLOBAL IMPACT OF THE CRISIS
5. On the Historical Significance and Social Costs of the Subprime Financial Crisis: A Comparison with Japan, Makoto Itoh
6. Oil and Finance in the Global Markets, Carlos Morera Camacho and José Antonio Rojas Nieto
7. Developing Countries in the Era of Financialisation: From Deficit Accumulation to Reserve Accumulation, Juan Pablo Painceira
8. Global Integration of Middle-Income Developing Countries in the Era of Financialisation: The Case of Turkey, Nuray Ergüneş
References
Notes on Contributors
Index
Introduction: A Crisis of Financialisation, Costas Lapavitsas
PART I: DOMESTIC FINANCIALISATION AND THE ROOTS OF THE CRISIS
1. Financialised Capitalism: Crisis and Financial Expropriation, Costas Lapavitsas
2. The Political Economy of the Subprime Meltdown, Gary Dymski
3. On the Content of Banking in Contemporary Capitalism, Paulo L. Dos Santos
4. Central Banking in Contemporary Capitalism: The Limits of Monetary Policy, Demophanos Papadatos
PART II: INTERNATIONAL FINANCIALISATION AND THE GLOBAL IMPACT OF THE CRISIS
5. On the Historical Significance and Social Costs of the Subprime Financial Crisis: A Comparison with Japan, Makoto Itoh
6. Oil and Finance in the Global Markets, Carlos Morera Camacho and José Antonio Rojas Nieto
7. Developing Countries in the Era of Financialisation: From Deficit Accumulation to Reserve Accumulation, Juan Pablo Painceira
8. Global Integration of Middle-Income Developing Countries in the Era of Financialisation: The Case of Turkey, Nuray Ergüneş
References
Notes on Contributors
Index
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