Financialisation In Crisis

Costas Lapavitsas: is Professor of Economics at the School of Oriental and African Studies. He has published extensively on the political economy of money and finance. His publications include Social Foundations of Markets, Money and Credit (Routledge, 2003).

• List of Tables and FiguresIntroduction: A Crisis of Financialisation, Costas LapavitsasPART I: DOMESTIC FINANCIALISATION AND THE ROOTS OF THE CRISIS1. Financialised Capitalism: Crisis and Financial Expropriation, Costas Lapavitsas 2. The Political Economy of the Subprime Meltdown, Gary Dymski3. On the Content of Banking in Contemporary Capitalism, Paulo L. Dos Santos4. Central Banking in Contemporary Capitalism: The Limits of Monetary Policy, Demophanos PapadatosPART II: INTERNATIONAL FINANCIALISATION AND THE GLOBAL IMPACT OF THE CRISIS5. On the Historical Significance and Social Costs of the Subprime Financial Crisis: A Comparison with Japan, Makoto Itoh6. Oil and Finance in the Global Markets, Carlos Morera Camacho and José Antonio Rojas Nieto7. Developing Countries in the Era of Financialisation: From Deficit Accumulation to Reserve Accumulation, Juan Pablo Painceira 8. Global Integration of Middle-Income Developing Countries in the Era of Financialisation: The Case of Turkey, Nuray ErgünesReferencesNotes on ContributorsIndex