The Global Economic Crisis : New Perspectives on the Critique of Economic Theory and Policy (Hardcover)

Preface Malcolm Sawyer.  The Global Economic Crisis: An Introduction Emiliano Brancaccio and Giuseppe Fontana  Part 1: Economic Theory  1. On the Supposed Completeness of the Mainstream Theories of Crisis Emiliano Brancaccio  2. Economy and Economics: The Twin Crises Alessandro Vercelli  3. The Great Recession and the Third Crisis in Economic Theory Riccardo Bellofiore and Joseph Halevi  4. As If Nothing Were Going to Happen: A Search in Vain for Warnings about the Current Crisis in Economic Journals with the Highest Impact Factors Andrea Imperia and Vincenzo Maffeo  Part 2: Labour, Distribution and Profit Trends  5. Changes in Income Distribution, Financial Disorder and Crisis Aldo Barba and Massimo Pivetti  6. Income Distribution and Borrowing: Tracking the U.S. Economy with a "New Cambridge" Model Gennaro Zezza  7. Changes in Functional Income Distribution in Italy and Europe Antonella Stirati  8. Low Wages, Consumer Credit and the Crisis: A Monetary Theory of Production Approach Guglielmo Forges Davanzati and Riccardo Realfonzo  9. Back to the Future? The Tendency of the (Maximum) Rate of Profit to Fall: Empirical Evidence and Theory Stefano Perri  Part 3: International Economic Relations  10. The International Circuit of Key Currencies and the Global Crisis: Is There Scope for Reform? Lilia Costabile  11. Globalisation and the Great Crisis Ernesto Screpanti  12. The Global Crisis in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: How the IMF Responded Andrea F. Presbitero and Alberto Zazzaro  13. Notes on Europe, German Mercantilism and the Current Crisis Sergio Cesaratto  Part 4: Economic Policy  14. Privatization, Reproduction and Crisis: The Case of Utilities Bruno Bosco  15. Property Rights in the Knowledge Economy: An Explanation of the Crisis Ugo Pagano and Maria Alessandra Rossi  16. Employment and Income Distribution from a Classical-Keynesian Point of View: Some Tools to Ground a Normative Analysis Enrico Bellino