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Globalized finance and varieties of capitalism /

"Hans van Zon analyzes the financialization of developed capitalism, and argues that the emergency of finance as a dominant force has contributed to the relative decline of the West. He demonstrates that the neo-liberal model is inherently unstable and undermines capitalist economies, which can...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Zon, Hans van, 1949- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
Series:International political economy series (Palgrave Macmillan (Firm))
Subjects:
Capitalism > United States.
Capitalism > European Union countries.
Finance > United States.
Finance > European Union countries.
Globalization > Economic aspects.
Capitalism.
Finance.
Europe > European Union countries.
United States.
Table of Contents:
  • The United States: casino capitalism unleashed
  • The United States: the great financial crisis and its aftermath
  • The variety of capitalism and neoliberalism
  • European monetary union and freedom for capital
  • The euro as a divisive force
  • Globalization, financialization and US power
  • The variety of capitalism after the great financial crisis
  • Why did economists and neoliberals get it so wrong?
  • Reclaiming sovereignty.