The First Great Recession of the 21st Century: Competing Explanations

The First Great Recession of the 21st Century: Competing Explanations
ISBN-10
1849807469
ISBN-13
9781849807463
Category
Business & Economics
Pages
272
Language
English
Published
2011-01-01
Publisher
Edward Elgar Publishing
Authors
Maria Cristina Marcuzzo, Óscar Dejuán, Eladio Febrero

Description

The 2008-10 financial crisis and the global recession it created is a complex phenomenon that warrants detailed examination. The various essays in the book utilise several alternative paradigms to provide a plausible explanation and a credible cure. This book provides this important analysis in great detail and from different theoretical perspectives, presenting a clearer understanding of what went wrong and expounding misinterpretations of current theories and practices. Thirteen insightful chapters by eminent scholars investigate the background of the crisis and draw lessons for economic theory and policy. They largely illustrate that the roots of the recession lie in the financial sector which, over the past few decades, has expanded considerably in terms of both size and complexity. They show that financial innovation has decoupled the real and financial sectors - not always to the benefit of economic stability - and argue that financial markets should be regulated more astutely in order to reinforce transparency and accountability. The book concludes that economics as a science should give proper weight to financial variables and integrate them into its models.

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