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Can We Avoid Another Financial Crisis?

By Steve Keen
Series: The Future of Capitalism
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Steve Keen explores the causes and consequences of the Great Financial Crash, revealing why traditional economists failed to predict the crisis. He argues that ever-increasing private debt levels make another financial meltdown nearly unavoidable unless policymakers address the underlying factors fueling economic instability. The book highlights countries dubbed 'The Walking Dead of Debt' and those at risk next, including Australia, Belgium, China, Canada, and South Korea. This incisive analysis offers a critical perspective on the global economic system.
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Format: Paperback / softback
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Ideal for readers interested in economics, finance, and global economic stability, especially those keen to understand the causes of financial crises and the role of debt. Suitable for students, academics, policymakers, and informed general readers.

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The Great Financial Crash had cataclysmic effects on the global economy, and took conventional economists completely by surprise. Many leading commentators declared shortly before the crisis that the magical recipe for eternal stability had been found. Less than a year later, the biggest economic crisis since the Great Depression erupted.

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The Great Financial Crash had cataclysmic effects on the global economy and took conventional economists completely by surprise. Many leading commentators declared shortly before the crisis that the magical recipe for eternal stability had been found. Less than a year later, the biggest economic crisis since the Great Depression erupted.

In this explosive book, Steve Keen, one of the very few economists who anticipated the crash, shows why the self-declared experts were wrong and how ever–rising levels of private debt make another financial crisis almost inevitable unless politicians tackle the real dynamics causing financial instability. He also identifies the economies that have become 'The Walking Dead of Debt', and those that are next in line – including Australia, Belgium, China, Canada and South Korea.

A major intervention by a fearlessly iconoclastic figure, this book is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand the true nature of the global economic system.

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“No one is more qualified than Steve Keen to answer the question 'Can we avoid another financial crisis?' with more than a single word. Read this book!” — Yanis Varoufakis, former Finance Minister of Greece

“A compelling essay showing the 'Great Moderation' was a delusion and exposing the complacency of mainstream economists.” — James K. Galbraith, University of Texas at Austin

“Keen explains the financial crisis’s causes and critiques mainstream economics’ failure to grasp debt’s role, emphasising the urgent need for debt write-downs to save the economy.”

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ISBN: 9781509513734

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 07 April 2017

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Polity Press

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 13.0mm

Width: 122.0mm

Height: 188.0mm

Weight: 159g

Pages: 140

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Education & Reference Finance & Economics Finance & Investment Non-Fiction Series: The Future of Capitalism Steve Keen

About the Author

Steve Keen is Professor of Economics and Head of the School of Economics, Politics and History at Kingston University.

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