Hard times
Subtitle: the divisive toll of the economic slump
By: Tom Clark, with Anthony Heath
Contributors: Heath, A. F. (Anthony Francis)
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 298
ISBN-13: 9780300203776
Subjects: Soziale Ungleichheit; Global Financial Crisis (2008-2009) fast (OCoLC)fst01755654; Social aspects; Finanzkrise; Recession; Finanskrisen 2008-2009; Recessions; Economic conditions; Ekonomiska forhallanden; Sociala aspekter; Social conditions; Sozialpolitik; Weltwirtschaftskrise; Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009; Economic history
Description: "2008 was a watershed year for global finance. The banking system was eventually pulled back from the brink, but the world was saddled with the worst slump since the 1930s Depression, and millions were left unemployed. While numerous books have addressed the financial crisis, very little has been written about its social consequences. Journalist Tom Clark draws on the research of a transatlantic team led by Professors Anthony Heath and Robert D. Putnam to determine the great recession's toll on individuals, families, and community bonds in the United States and the United Kingdom. The ubiquitous metaphor of the crisis has been an all-encompassing "financial storm," but Clark argues that the data tracks the narrow path of a tornado--destroying some neighborhoods while leaving others largely untouched. In our vastly unequal societies, disproportionate suffering is being meted out to the poor--and the book's new analysis suggests that the scars left by unemployment and poverty will linger long after the economy recovers."--Publisher's description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 238-289) and index.
Table of contents: title: Not quite 1933; title: All in it together?; title: Mapping the black stuff; title: Toil and trouble; title: Anxious individuals, unhappy homes; title: The small society; title: The long shadow; title: A tale of two tragedies; title: The veil of complacency; title: Shelter from the storm.