Ethics and Economic Governance : Using Adam Smith to understand the global financial crisis (Hardcover)

Introduction. Global Finance in Crisis Adam Smith in Question Outline of the Book. Chapter 1: Engaging Adam Smith. Pragmatic Historiography. Skinnerian Mythologies about Adam Smith. Concluding Remarks. Chapter 2: Adam Smith’s Sympathetic Political Economy. Smith’s Context. Smith’s Intervention. Smith’s Sympathy. Concluding Remarks. Chapter 3: Sympathy and Economism in Anglo-American Finance. Sympathy and the Economism of Asset-Based Welfare. Mutual Sympathy and the Individualisation of Risk. The Sympathy Procedure and the Depoliticisation of Debt. Concluding Remarks. Chapter 4: The Regulatory Governance of Finance in Crisis. The Regulatory Governance of Asset-Based Welfare. The Regulatory Governance of Risk. The Regulatory Governance of Debt. Concluding Remarks. Chapter 5: The Everyday Politics of Finance in Crisis. The Everyday Politics of Asset-Based Welfare. The Everyday Politics of Risk. The Everyday Politics of Debt. Concluding Remarks. Conclusion. Occupy Adam Smith. Making Known Finance. Bibliography