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The Global Minotaur: America, Europe and the Future of the Global Economy
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With Paul Mason (other contributor) |
Reissue edition from Zed Books (July 15, 2015)
9781783606108 | details & prices | 280 pages | 5.25 × 8.25 × 0.75 in. | 0.80 lbs | List price $12.95
About: In this provocative book, Yanis Varoufakis—the fiery former finance minister in Greek’s new Syriza-led government—explodes the myth that financialization, ineffective regulation of banks, and generalized greed and globalization were the root causes of the global economic crisis.
About: In this provocative book, Yanis Varoufakis—the fiery former finance minister in Greek’s new Syriza-led government—explodes the myth that financialization, ineffective regulation of banks, and generalized greed and globalization were the root causes of the global economic crisis.
Rev upd edition from Zed Books (March 12, 2013)
9781780324500 | details & prices | 280 pages | 5.00 × 7.75 × 1.00 in. | 0.72 lbs | List price $14.95
About: Revised and updated The Global Minotaur originally published in 2011 is a provocative one of the most dynamic and reasonable of contemporary economists takes a long view of the global economy and describes how after the collapse in the 1970s of the post-war economic order the world began sending incredible amounts of capital to Wall Street - just as the ancient Athenians paid regular tribute to the mythical Cretan Minotaur It was this flow of money that became the engine that pulled the world economy through to the financial collapse of 2008 Europes crisis today is just one symptom of a global system which is now as unsustainable as it is imbalanced Full of up to the minute commentary on the financial crisis as the unfold The Global Minotaur is an essential account of the socio-economic events and hidden histories that have shaped the world as we now know it
About: Revised and updated The Global Minotaur originally published in 2011 is a provocative one of the most dynamic and reasonable of contemporary economists takes a long view of the global economy and describes how after the collapse in the 1970s of the post-war economic order the world began sending incredible amounts of capital to Wall Street - just as the ancient Athenians paid regular tribute to the mythical Cretan Minotaur It was this flow of money that became the engine that pulled the world economy through to the financial collapse of 2008 Europes crisis today is just one symptom of a global system which is now as unsustainable as it is imbalanced Full of up to the minute commentary on the financial crisis as the unfold The Global Minotaur is an essential account of the socio-economic events and hidden histories that have shaped the world as we now know it