Global Minotaur America, Europe and the Future of the World Economy

Name: Global Minotaur America, Europe and the Future of the World Economy
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ISBN: 9781780320144

ISBN-10: 1780320140

ISBN-13: 9781780320144

Edition: 2011

Authors: Yanis Varoufakis, Paul Mason

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In this remarkable and provocative book, Yanis Varoufakis explodes the myth that financialisation, ineffectual regulation of banks, greed and globalisation were the causes of the global economic crisis. Rather, they are symptoms of a much deeper malaise which can be traced back to the 1970s; the time when a 'Global Minotaur' was born. Just as the Athenians maintained a steady flow of tributes to the Cretan beast, so the 'rest of the world' sent incredible amounts of capital to America and Wall Street. Thus, the Global Minotaur became the 'engine' that pulled the world economy from the early 1980s to 2008.Today's crisis in Europe, the heated debates about austerity versus further fiscal…

Book details

List price: $13.99
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic & Professional
Publication date: 8/18/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 264
Size: 5.62" wide x 9.10" long x 0.81" tall
Weight: 0.792



List of Figures, Tables and Boxes


List of Abbreviations


Acknowledgements



Introduction



Laboratories of the future



The Global Plan



The Global Minotaur



The beast's handmaidens



Crash



The handmaidens strike back



The Minotaur's global legacy: the dimming sun, the wounded tigers, a flighty Europa and an anxious dragon



A future without the Minotaur?


Notes


Recommended Reading


Select Bibliography


Index