Capitalism hits the fan : the global economic meltdown and what to do about it /

In this updated edition, Professor Wolff offers a rich and much needed corrective to the views of mainstream economists 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 so...

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Main Author: Wolff, Richard D.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Northampton, Mass. : Olive Branch Press, 2013.
Edition:New updated ed., [2nd ed.].
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Summary:In this updated edition, Professor Wolff offers a rich and much needed corrective to the views of mainstream economists 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.
Physical Description:xxv, 262 pages ; 23 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781566569361 (pbk.)
1566569362 (pbk.)