The Spectre at the Feast Capitalist Crisis and the Politics of Recession

by Gamble, Andrew

• ISBN13: 9780230230743
• ISBN10: 0230230741
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-06-15
• Publisher: Red Globe Pr

Summary

In 2007, a series of events struck the economy like an earthquake. Leading academic Andrew Gamble provides a lively and readable guide to the events and consequences of the current global economic and political crises. He sets the crisis in historical context, explains why it has happened, analyzes the global cost and assesses possible solutions.

Author Biography

ANDREW GAMBLE is Professor and Head of Department of Politics at University of Cambridge. His many books include Britain in Decline, The Free Economy and the Strong State and Between Europe and America also published by Palgrave Macmillan. He is a Fellow of the British Academy and the Academy of Social Sciences and was awarded the Sir Isaiah Berlin Prize for Lifetime Contribution to Political Studies by the UK Political Studies Association in 2005.

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Road to Excess * From Boom to Bust * Crises of Capitalism * Globalization and neo-liberalism * The Politics of Recession * The Global Impact * What is to be Done?

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