the global economic meltdown and what to do about it Wolff, Richard D. creator text bibliography mau Northampton, Mass Olive Branch Press 2013 New updated ed. monographic eng

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xxv, 262 p. ; 23 cm. "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."-- 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. Richard D. Wolff. Includes bibliographical reference (p. 34) and index. 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 HB 3722 W855c 2013 330.973 9781566569361 (pbk.) 1566569362 (pbk.) 9781566569361 (trade pbk.) 1566569362 (trade pbk.) CaBVA 130503 20230410105359.0 122629 eng