Most accounts of the current financial crisis tell a story of deregulation, out-of-control markets and irresponsible speculation. But few of those works have done more than regurgitate the newspaper coverage. In contrast, The Great Credit Crash digs deeper, drawing on some of the most prominent radical analysts of the modern market to foreground the key questions that are still waiting to be answered.
This volume presents a more complete and convincing analysis of the recent economic disaster, which is revealed as a product of a social order built during the triumphalist years of neoliberal capitalism. The contributors assess current events and political responses, critically examining official rhetoric and hegemonic narratives to point the way to an understanding of the crisis beyond the subprime headlines.
Contributions by: Anastasia Nesvetailova, Dick Bryan, Gary A Dymski, Henry Veltmeyer, Herman Schwartz, James Livingston, Johnna Montgomerie, Leo Panitch, Michael Hudson, Michael Rafferty, Peter Gowan, Robert Johnson, Ronen Palan, Sam Gindin, Scott MacWilliam, Stanley Aronowitz, Steve Fraser, Susanne Soederberg, Thomas Ferguson, Walden Bello, William Greider, William I Robinson