02481cam a2200361 a 4500 119743 20230410105359.0 090626s2010 mau b 001 0 eng 15792599 2009025488 9781566567848 (pbk.) 156656784X (pbk.) (OCoLC)ocn320804337 DLC DLC BTCTA C#P DLC Eng n-us--- HB 3722 W855c 2010 330.973 Wolff, Richard D. Capitalism hits the fan : the global economic meltdown and what to do about it / Richard D. Wolff. Northampton, Mass. : Olive Branch Press, 2010. xi, 262 p. ; 23 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. Part I: Roots of a system's crisis -- Part II: Economics of the crisis. Capitalism as a crisis-prone system -- The role of economic theory -- Markets and efficiency -- Wages, productivity, and exploitation -- Housing and debt -- Government intervention in the economy -- International dimensions of the crisis -- Part III: Politics of the crisis. Reforms and regulations as crisis solutions -- Debates over "socialist" solutions -- Anti-capitalist politics. "Capitalism Hits the Fan differs sharply from most other explanations offered by politicians, media commentators, and academics. Step by step, Professor Wolff shows that deep economic structures - the relationship of wages to profits, of workers to boards of directors, and of debts to income - account for the crisis. Government bailout interventions have thrown too little money too late at a problem that requires more than money to solve. As this book shows, we must now ask basic questions about capitalism as a system that has now convulsed the world economy into two great depressions in 75 years (and countless lesser crises, recessions, and cycles in between). The book's essays engage the long-overdue public discussion about basic structural changes and systemic alternatives needed not only to fix today's broken economy but to prevent future crises." 20150600 Crisis financiera Estados Unidos Historia Siglo XXI. Financial crises United States History 21st century. Capitalism United States History 21st century. United States Economic policy 2001-2009. lcc bk dpf 35512 35512 0 0 lcc 0 0 CS BJB BJB CS 2023-04-10 1 0 HB 3722 W855c 2010 00000112623 2018-10-24 00:00:00 1 2018-10-24 bk