Crisis and Sustainability The Delusion of Free Markets /

• Main Author: Vercelli, Alessandro (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
• Subjects: Political economy.; Economic policy.; Economics.; Economic Policy.; Political Economy.

This book offers a novel interpretation of the Great Recession and the ensuing Euro Crisis as a consequence of the evolution of capitalism since the 1970s. Chapters argue that the neoliberal development trajectory pursued in recent decades is unsustainable, and posit that neither sound macroeconomic...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1) Introduction
• Part 1: The Co-Evolution of Markets, Economic Policy and Economics
• Chapter 2) Financialisation
• Chapter 3) Globalisation
• Chapter 4) The Co-Evolution of Economy and Economics: The Twin Crises
• Part 2: The Great Recession and Its Policy Implications
• Chapter 5) Crisis and Sustainability
• Chapter 6) The Eurocrisis
• Chapter 7) Policy Implications
• Chapter 8) Concluding Remarks.