The age of austerity : the global financial crisis and the return to economic growth / Thomas J. Schoenbaum.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schoenbaum, Thomas J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009.

Economic development.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (224 p.)

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham : Edward Elgar, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This provocative look at the global financial crisis argues that the United States, the European Union and Japan have intentionally and unwittingly adopted wrong-headed economic policies in a futile attempt to deal with sovereign debt resulting from the global financial crisis. It offers persuasive evidence of how the politics of austerity fail to encourage economic recovery, and proposes instead a number of alternative ideas and solutions. The book begins with a detailed breakdown of the financial crisis and the government response in the United States, with particular focus on the Dodd-Frank

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Preface; 1 An historic turning point; 2 The course of the crisis; 3 Causes; 4 Emergency fiscal and monetary measures; 5 International reforms; 6 The regulatory answer; 7 Assaulting austerity; 8 A reprise of the argument; Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Includes index.

ISBN:

1-283-69889-7

1-78195-145-4

OCLC:

811577779