02064cam a2200361ua 4500 122629 20230410105359.0 130503s2013 mau b 001 0 eng 9781566569361 (pbk.) 1566569362 (pbk.) 9781566569361 (trade pbk.) 1566569362 (trade pbk.) (CaOOAMICUS)000041921633 CaBVA eng HB 3722 W855c 2013 330.973 Wolff, Richard D. Capitalism hits the fan : the global economic meltdown and what to do about it / Richard D. Wolff. New updated ed. Northampton, Mass. : Olive Branch Press, 2013. xxv, 262 p. ; 23 cm. Includes bibliographical reference (p. 34) 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. "In this updated edition Professor Wolff offers a rich and much needed corrective to the views of mainstreameconomists and pundits. He explains why capitalism's global crisis persists, why bank bailouts and austerity policies fail, and why deepening economic inequality now generates historic social tensions and conflicts and worsens the ongoing crisis."-- Back cover. Financial crises United States History 21st century. Capitalism United States History 21st century. Capitalism United States. United States Economic conditions. United States Economic policy 2001-2009. Crisis financiera Estados Unidos Historia Siglo XXI. lcc bk JaaM 35513 35513 0 0 lcc 0 0 CS BJB BJB CS 2023-04-10 1 0 HB 3722 W855c 2013 00000115523 2018-10-24 00:00:00 1 2018-10-24 bk