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the end of the age of greed

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An edition of Meltdown (2010)

Meltdown

the end of the age of greed

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Tells the story of the financial crash that destroyed West's investment banks, brought the global economy to its knees, and undermined neoliberal orthodoxy. This book explores the roots of the US and UK's financial hubris, documenting the real-world causes and consequences from the Ford factory, to Wall Street, to the City of London.

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Language
English
Pages
198

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Table of Contents

Midtown meltdown : the collapse of free-market capitalism
Hyperdrive blitzkrieg : Wall Street hubris kills the bailout, enrages America
Financial Krakatoa : from the banking explosion to a volcanic winter of recession
White shoes : how deregulation made the investment banks all-powerful
Subprime : how the low-wage economy fuelled high-risk finance
The big freeze : the credit crunch and the inflation spike of 2007-8
Helping is futile : the life and death of neoliberal ideology
The disrupted wave : on the eve of depression or a new long upswing?

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [175]-185) and index.

Published in
London, New York
Other Titles
End of the age of greed

Classifications

Library of Congress
HB3722 .M376 2010, HB3722 .M376 2009, HF1359, HF1359 .M376 2009

The Physical Object

Pagination
x, 198 p. ;
Number of pages
198

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL25087949M
Internet Archive
isbn_9781844673964
ISBN 10
1844673960
ISBN 13
9781844673964
LCCN
2011293590, 2009280207
OCLC/WorldCat
286422489
Goodreads
6317662

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