Kurt Mettenheim taught at the FGV-EAESP in São Paulo, Brazil, the University of Oxford the University of Pittsburgh, and Columbia University.Olivier Butzbach is an Associate Professor of Political Economy at the Department of Political Science of the University of Campania ‘Luigi Vanvitelli’, Italy.

• Introduction   1 The financialization of the American economy   2 The financialization of American household inequality   3 The financialization of American nonfinancial business   Conclusion

"A massive and remarkable achievement. The historical institutional analysis of trends in sectoral balance sheets is backed by endlessly fascinating tables and figures. The central claim about the ideological and real impact of finance is highly relevant to the study of American and comparative political economy. The two volumes provide important insights into patterns of continuity and change in American economics and politics since the financial crisis of 2007-8."Jeffry Frieden, Harvard University Department of Government