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Capitalism hits the fan : the global economic meltdown and what to do about it / Richard D. Wolff.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Northampton, Mass. : Olive Branch Press, 2013.Edition: New updated edDescription: xxv, 262 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9781566569361 (pbk.)
  • 1566569362 (pbk.)
  • 9781566569361 (trade pbk.)
  • 1566569362 (trade pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 330.973
LOC classification:
  • HB 3722 W855c 2013
Contents:
Part I: Roots of a system's crisis -- Part II: Economics of the crisis. Capitalism as a crisis-prone system -- The role of economic theory -- Markets and efficiency -- Wages, productivity, and exploitation -- Housing and debt -- Government intervention in the economy -- International dimensions of the crisis -- Part III: Politics of the crisis. Reforms and regulations as crisis solutions -- Debates over "socialist" solutions -- Anti-capitalist politics.
Summary: "In this updated edition Professor Wolff offers a rich and much needed corrective to the views of mainstreameconomists and pundits. He explains why capitalism's global crisis persists, why bank bailouts and austerity policies fail, and why deepening economic inequality now generates historic social tensions and conflicts and worsens the ongoing crisis."-- Back cover.
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Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Ciencias Sociales Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso) HB 3722 W855c 2013 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 1 Available 00000115523

Includes bibliographical reference (p. 34) and index.

Part I: Roots of a system's crisis -- Part II: Economics of the crisis. Capitalism as a crisis-prone system -- The role of economic theory -- Markets and efficiency -- Wages, productivity, and exploitation -- Housing and debt -- Government intervention in the economy -- International dimensions of the crisis -- Part III: Politics of the crisis. Reforms and regulations as crisis solutions -- Debates over "socialist" solutions -- Anti-capitalist politics.

"In this updated edition Professor Wolff offers a rich and much needed corrective to the views of mainstreameconomists and pundits. He explains why capitalism's global crisis persists, why bank bailouts and austerity policies fail, and why deepening economic inequality now generates historic social tensions and conflicts and worsens the ongoing crisis."-- Back cover.

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