The demise of finance-dominated capitalism explaining the financial and economic crises

The Demise of Finance-dominated Capitalism goes well beyond the dominant interpretation that the recent financial and economic crises are rooted in malfunctioning and poorly regulated financial markets. The editors provide an overview of different theoretical, historical and empirical perspectives o...

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Main Author: Detzer, Daniel
Other Authors: Hein, Eckhard, Dodig, Nina
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cheltenham Edward Elgar Pub. Ltd 2015
Series:New directions in modern economics
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Summary:The Demise of Finance-dominated Capitalism goes well beyond the dominant interpretation that the recent financial and economic crises are rooted in malfunctioning and poorly regulated financial markets. The editors provide an overview of different theoretical, historical and empirical perspectives on the long-run transition towards finance-dominated capitalism, on the implications for macroeconomic and financial stability, and ultimately on the recent global financial and economic crises. In the first part of the book the macroeconomics of finance-dominated capitalism, the theories of financial crisis and important past crises are reviewed. The second part deals with the 2007-09 financial and economic crises in particular, and discusses five explanations of the crises in more detail. The special focus of the book is the long-run problems and inconsistencies of finance-dominated capitalism that played a key role in the crisis and its severity. The comprehensive literature reviews on the issues of financialization and economic crises will be a valuable aid to students. Policy makers will find the broader views on the causes of the recent financial and economic crises and the contradictions of finance-dominated capitalism of great interest. Alternative views on the long-run developments towards financialization, as well as on the relationships of these developments with the recent financial crisis, will appeal to researchers in this field
1. The transition towards finance-dominated capitalism : French regulation school, social structures of accumulation and post-Keynesian approaches compared / Eckhard Hein, Nina Dodig and Natalia Budyldina -- 2. Finance-dominated capitalism, distribution, growth and crisis - long-run tendencies / Eckhard Hein and Nina Dodig -- 3. Theories of financial crises as cumulative processes - an overview / Daniel Detzer and Hansjörg Herr -- 4. Financial crises leading to stagnation - selected historical case studies / Nina Dodig and Hansjörg Herr -- 5. Five explanations for the international financial crisis / Trevor Evans -- 6. Income distribution and the financial and economic crisis / Jo Michell -- 7. Global and European imbalances and the crisis : a critical review / Carlos A. Carrasco and Felipe Serrano -- 8. Financial deregulation and the 2007-08 US financial crisis / Özgür Orhangazi -- 9. The role of incentives for the great recession : securitization and contagion / Giampaolo Gabbi, Alesia Kalbaska and Alessandro Vercelli -- 10. Risk management, the subprime crisis and finance-dominated capitalism : what went wrong? : a systematic literature review / Sérgio Lagoa, Emanuel Leão and Ricardo Barradas
Physical Description:392 p
ISBN:9781784715069
9781784715076