Paul Langley is a political economist at the Division of Politics and History, Northumbria University, UK. While his principal research focus is on finance and the financial markets, Paul has also published on issues such as globalization, civil society, and environmental governance. He is author of World Financial Orders (Routledge, 2002), and his work has appeared in journals such as Competition and Change, Cultural Critique, Environment and Planning D, Global Networks, Review of International Political Economy, and Review of International Studies. Paul is also presently serving as Convenor of the British International Studies Association's (BISA) International Political Economy Group (IPEG).

• INTRODUCTION ; 1. Networks, Power, Identity, and Dissent ; PART I: SAVING ; 2. From Thrift and Insurance to Everyday Investment ; 3. Pensions and Everyday Investment ; 4. The Uncertain Subjects of Everyday Investment ; 5. Socially Responsible Investment ; PART II: BORROWING ; 6. The Boom in Everyday Borrowing ; 7. Inequalities in Everyday Borrowing ; 8. The Uncertain Subjects of Everyday Borrowing ; 9. Dissent in Everyday Borrowing ; CONCLUSION ; 10. The Sub-Prime Crisis

The credit crisis shows the importance of understanding how everyday saving and borrowing interact with global finance. Langley provides a thorough, sophisticated and timely analysis.