A Permanent Crisis The Financial Oligarchy's Seizing of Power and the Failure of Democracy /

This short book describes the role big banks played in the financial crisis of 2008 while denouncing the financial oligarchy's rise to power and the dangers it represents for democracy today. There have been many books since the financial crisis that have considered historical events leading up...

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Main Author: Chesney, Marc (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing, 2018.
Edition:1st ed. 2018.
Subjects:
Economic growth.
Financial crises.
Economic policy.
Banks and banking.
Macroeconomics.
Economic history.
ISBN:9783030005184
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: The sinking of civilisation in the name of its salvation
  • 1. Yesterday and today
  • 2. Trying to satisfy financial markets is but a vain task
  • 3. Liberalism: the financial sphere does not practice what it preaches
  • 4. Characteristics of casino finance
  • 5.The birth of homo-financiarius and the subservience of the elite
  • 6. Some remedies and solutions.

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