Meltdown
Subtitle: the end of the age of greed
By: Paul Mason
Publisher: Verso
Published: 2010
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 198
ISBN-13: 9781844673964
Subjects: History; Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009; Financial crises; International economic relations; Capitalism; Banks and banking; Economic history
Other titles: End of the age of greed
Description: Tells the story of the financial crash that destroyed West's investment banks, brought the global economy to its knees, and undermined neoliberal orthodoxy. This book explores the roots of the US and UK's financial hubris, documenting the real-world causes and consequences from the Ford factory, to Wall Street, to the City of London.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [175]-185) and index.
Table of contents: title: Midtown meltdown : the collapse of free-market capitalism; title: Hyperdrive blitzkrieg : Wall Street hubris kills the bailout, enrages America; title: Financial Krakatoa : from the banking explosion to a volcanic winter of recession; title: White shoes : how deregulation made the investment banks all-powerful; title: Subprime : how the low-wage economy fuelled high-risk finance; title: The big freeze : the credit crunch and the inflation spike of 2007-8; title: Helping is futile : the life and death of neoliberal ideology; title: The disrupted wave : on the eve of depression or a new long upswing?