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Inequality and instability : a study of the world economy just before the Great Crisis /

As Wall Street rose to dominate the U.S. economy, income and pay inequalities in America came to dance to the tune of the credit cycle. As the reach of financial markets extended across the globe, interest rates, debt, and debt crises became the dominant forces driving the rise of economic inequalit...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Galbraith, James K.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, ©2012.
Edición:1st ed.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:As Wall Street rose to dominate the U.S. economy, income and pay inequalities in America came to dance to the tune of the credit cycle. As the reach of financial markets extended across the globe, interest rates, debt, and debt crises became the dominant forces driving the rise of economic inequality almost everywhere. Thus the "super-bubble" that investor George Soros identified in rich countries for the two decades after 1980 was a super-crisis for the 99 percent-not just in the U.S. but the entire world. Inequality and Instability demonstrates that finance is the driveshaft that li.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xiv, 324 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780199855667
0199855668
1280594047
9781280594045
9786613623874
6613623873
9780190261375
0190261374