Research Catalog

Title

Failed : what the "experts" got wrong about the global economy / Mark Weisbrot.

Author

Weisbrot, Mark

Publication

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2015]

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Description

xv, 293 pages; 22 cm

Summary

• "Why did the Eurozone end up with an unemployment rate more than twice than that of the United States and six years after the collapse of Lehman Brothers? Was crisis in the Eurozone inevitable? What caused the prolonged economic failure experienced by the majority of the world's low- and middle-income countries at the end of the 20th century? Failed analyzes and ties together some of the most important economic developments of recent years with the common theme that they have been widely misunderstood and in some cases almost completely ignored. A central argument of Failed is that there are always viable alternatives to prolonged economic failure. Author Mark Weisbrot shows that political agendas are often the root cause of avoidable financial crises and drawing on lessons learned from previous crises, recessions, and subsequent recovers can prevent further failures in the future"--
• "Ties together some of the most important economic developments of recent years, with the common theme that they have been widely misunderstood and in some cases almost completely ignored"--

Subjects

• International Monetary Fund
• Europe > European Union countries
• Economic policy
• BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History
• BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Money & Monetary Policy
• Economic forecasting
• Financial crises > European Union countries
• POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Economic Policy

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Machine generated contents note: -- Chapter 1 -- Troubles in Euroland: When the Cures Worsen the Disease -- Chapter 2 -- This Time Could Be Different: The Aftermath of Financial Crises -- Bibliography -- Chapter 3 -- Untold History, Unsolved Mystery: The Long-Term Economic Growth Failure -- Chapter 4 -- The Misunderstood Role of the International Monetary Fund -- Chapter 5 -- The Latin American Spring -- Chapter 6 -- Conclusion: Looking Ahead.

ISBN

• 9780195170184
• 0195170180

LCCN

• 2015014988
• 99964890022

OCLC

• 911255227
• ocn911255227
• SCSB-9399068

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries