Social Finance

Neil Shenai was a Professorial Lecturer at American University’s School of International Service in Washington, DC from 2013-15. He received his PhD from Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, where he served as an Adjunct Lecturer of International Economics from 2011-16.  He is currently a Term Member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

• Chapter 1. McCulley’s Warning: Minsky, Economic Conventions, and Shadow Banking.- Chapter 2. Economic Conventions and Financial Crises: The Theory of Social Finance.- Chapter 3. Federal Reserve Monetary Policy, Economic Conventions, and the Housing Bubble.- Chapter 4. The Rise of Fragile Finance: Conventional Expectations, Bond Ratings, and Bank Capital.- Chapter 5. Regulators as Liquidity Providers of Last Resort.- Chapter 6. Markets After Lehman: Convention Uncertainty, Instability, and Intervention.- Chapter 7. Conclusions and Extensions of Conventions and Financial Stability.- Interview appendix.