The ABC's of the economic crisis : what working people need to know / by Fred Magdoff and Michael D. Yates.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Magdoff, Fred, 1942-
Other Authors: Yates, Michael, 1946-
Language:English
Published: New York : Monthly Review Press, [2009], ©2009.
Subjects:
United States > Economic policy > 2001-2009.
Working class > United States > Economic conditions.
Financial crises > United States.
Physical Description:144 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • The calm before the storm
  • What makes capitalism tick
  • Capitalist economies are prone to crisis
  • Mature capitalism's concentration of production and slow growth
  • Can the tendency to slow growth be overcome
  • Economic stagnation sets in following the Second World War
  • Neoliberalism
  • The financial explosion : introduction
  • How did it happen?
  • The explosion of debt
  • The great unraveling
  • The government to the rescue
  • Summary and conclusions.