Against the consensus : reflections on the great recession / Justin Yifu Lin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lin, Justin Yifu, 1952-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009.

Recessions--History--21st century.

Recessions.

History.

China--Economic policy.

China.

Economic policy.

Local Subjects:

Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009.

Recessions--History--21st century.

China--Economic policy.

Physical Description:

xxix, 247 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013.

Contents:

Preface

Overview

Part I. What Caused the 2008-9 Global Crisis?: 1. The world economy and the 2008-9 crisis

2. The real causes of the crisis

3. Financial deregulation and the housing bubble

4. What's wrong with the Eurozone

5. Why China's reserves rose so much

Part II. A Win-Win Path to Recovery: 6. Infrastructure investments: beyond Keynesianism

7. A massive global infrastructure initiative

Part III. How Poor Countries Can Catch up: Flying Geese and Leading Dragons: 8. The mystery of the great divergence

9. The mechanics and benefits of structural change

10. Lessons from the failures and successes of structural transformation

11. Unique opportunities for poor countries

Part IV. Toward a Brave New World Monetary System: 12. The evolution of the international monetary system

13. Emerging pressures and policy challenges

14. (In)stability of the emerging multiple reserve currency system

15. The thinking behind the main reform proposals

16. Costs and benefits of major reform proposals

17. A proposal for a new global reserve currency: paper gold ('p-gold')

18. Why it still matters

References

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781107038875

1107038871

OCLC:

823504063

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