Despite creating vast inequalities and propping up reactionary world regimes, capitalism has many passionate defenders—but not because of what it withholds from some and gives to others. Capitalism dominates, Todd McGowan argues, because it mimics the structure of our desire while hiding the trauma that the system inflicts upon it. People from all backgrounds enjoy what capital...(展开全部)

The attempt to reduce the role of the state in the market through tax cuts, decreases in social spending, deregulation, and privatization—“neoliberalism”—took root in the United States under Ronald Reagan and in Britain under Margaret Thatcher. But why did neoliberal policies gain such prominence in these two countries and not in similarly industrialized Western countries such ...(展开全部)

The newest work from one of the most pre-eminent voices writing in the legal/political arena today, this important book presents a new conception of the relationship between free markets and social justice. The work begins with foundations--the appropriate role of existing "preferences," the importance of social norms, the question whether human goods are commensurable, and iss...(展开全部)

The newest work from one of the most pre-eminent voices writing in the legal/political arena today, this important book presents a new conception of the relationship between free markets and social justice. The work begins with foundations--the appropriate role of existing "preferences," the importance of social norms, the question whether human goods are commensurable, and iss...(展开全部)

作者：約翰‧普倫德（John Plender） 英國《金融時報》資深社論與專欄作家，主持BBC和第四頻道的時事評論節目。 也擔任研究與顧問團體「官方貨幣與金融機構論壇」主席、波爾森集團退休基金受託人。曾任昆坦公共有限公司（Quintain PLC）董事長。 著作有：《倫敦金融城》（The Square Mile）、 《金錢就是這麼一回事》（That's the Way the Money Goes）、 《未來的賭注與脫軌：全球資本與正當性的危機》、 （A Stake in the Future and Going off the Rails：Global Capital and theCrisis of Legitimacy）。 譯者：陳儀 目前為一家投資公司投資部主管，投入金融投資領域二十年以上。 曾任投信基金經理人及專業投顧研究主管，實務經驗豐富...(展开全部)

This devastating and inspiring book, by one of the world's leading economic thinkers, lays out not only the course of the financial crisis which began in 2007, but its underlying causes, and shows why much more radical reforms are needed than are currently being contemplated if we are to avoid similar 'systemic' crises in the future. It shows why the bailout has been only margi...(展开全部)

Nobel Prize winner Joseph E. Stiglitz explains the current financial crisis---and the coming global economic order.

The Great Recession, as it has come to be called, has impacted more people worldwide than any crisis since the Great Depression. Flawed government policy and unscrupulous personal and corporate behavior in the United States created the current financial meltdown, which was exported across the globe with devastating consequences. The crisis has sparked an essential debate about ...(展开全部)

"Lucid, deeply informed, and enlivened with striking illustrations, this penetrating study could be entitled 'Economics in the Real World.' Chang reveals the yawning gap between standard doctrines concerning economic development and what really has taken place from the origins of the industrial revolution until today. His incisive analysis shows how, and why, prescriptions base...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 A Street economist's strategy for managing market madness . . " The Cost of Capitalism is a must-read and a thoroughly enjoyable one�for those who want to understand. the Crisis of 2008 and hammer out a new framework for decision making." . Jared L. Cohon, President, Carnegie Mellon University . "Readers who absorb the lessons of this book will be armed wit...(展开全部)