Labour, Finance and Inequality

Suzanne J. Konzelmann is a Reader in Management at Birkbeck, University of London, UK. She is also Director of the London Centre for Corporate Governance and Ethics, Co-Executive Editor of the Cambridge Journal of Economics and a Research Associate in the Cambridge University Centre for Business Research.Simon Deakin is a Professor of Law at the University of Cambridge, UK. He is also Director of the Cambridge University Centre for Business Research, Co-Chair of the University’s Strategic Research Initiative in Public Policy, and a Fellow of Peterhouse. He is Editor in Chief of the Industrial Law Journal and a member of the editorial board of the Cambridge Journal of Economics.Marc Fovargue-Davies is a Research Associate with the London Centre for Corporate Governance and Ethics, Birkbeck, University of London, UK. Formerly a strategic marketing consultant and brand development specialist, he is also a freelance journalist, specialising in socio-economic issues, politics and yachting.Frank Wilkinson is Emeritus Reader in Economics at the University of Cambridge, UK. He is also Founding Editor of the Cambridge Journal of Economics and a Research Associate in the Cambridge University Centre for Business Research.

• Preface and Acknowledgments, Chapter 1: Introduction, Chapter 2: The Influence of the Legal and Institutional Framework, Chapter 3: The Economy and Society Diverge – Setting up the Insecurity Cycle, Chapter 4: The State Steps in – and then back out again, Chapter 5: More Problems with Capitalism – but new ideas are slow to gain traction, Chapter 6: A Change of Ideology – But Capital Undermines Keynes, Chapter 7: Keynes versus "Keynesianism" – Liberalism Resurrected, Chapter 8: Neoliberalism Entrenched, Chapter 9: The 2008 Financial Crisis – A crisis of neoliberalism or just another financial crisis?, Chapter 10: Britain and the European Union, Chapter 11: Conclusions – When might the insecurity move again?, References, Index