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Below are groups and resources (books, articles, websites, etc.) related to this topic. Click on an item’s title to go its resource page with author, publisher, description/abstract and other details, a link to the full text if available, as well as links to related topics in the Subject Index. You can also browse the Title, Author, Subject, Chronological, Dewey, LoC, and Format indexes, or use the Search box. Results25 Connexions Library4 Connexions Directory of Groups & Websites 2 Sources Experts & Spokespersons 2 Sources Library Connexions LibraryAge of Austerity: Capital, the Financial Crisis and the State in Canada McCormack, Geoffrey; Workman, Thom Article 2016 The financial and economic crisis of 2008 has left a continuing legacy on social welfare, showing up in slow economic growth, unemployment and underemployment, and increasing social conflict. In the d... An Anti-Capitalist Manifesto  Callinicos, Alex Book 2003 An extended argument about what the anti-capitalist movement should stand for. Chicken Game: Eurocrisis, Again.: Washington vs. Berlin Sciortino, Raffaele Article 2012 How does one take an autonomous position against the European policies of social butchery without falling into nationalist, anti-German nostalgia or into rhetoric against “Anglo-Saxon speculation”? Ho... Global Leveraged Buyout or the "Longest Boom in Capitalist History"?: A Reply to Robert Fitch Goldner, Loren Article 2009 Fitch's recent article, while making some good points about the unraveling of the world financial system, is seriously flawed. The Great Financial Crisis Foster, John; Magdof, Fred Book 2009 Foster and Magdoff are able to examine the complex interconnections associated with rising debt, weakening production and investment, stagnant wages, burgeoning unemployment, rapidly growing class ine... Greece and the Future of European Democracy: Disfunction in the Eurozone Ali, Tariq; Creston, Davis Article 2015 Interview with Tariq Ali, author of "The Extreme Center: A Warning". Discussion addresses the current economic situation in Greece and the European Union's role in it. Iceland's Revolution Thorsteinsson, Vidar Article 2016 After its financial crisis, Iceland put bankers in jail. But it didn't rein in capital. In reality the responses to the 2008–9 Icelandic banking crash were only modestly progressive and failed to brin... Killing the Host: How Financial Parasites and Debt Bondage Destroy the Global Economy Hudson, Michael Book 2015 In Killing the Host, economist Michael Hudson exposes how finance, insurance, and real estate (the FIRE sector) have seized control of the global economy at the expense of industrial capitalism and go... A Marxist History of the World part 105: The 2008 Crash: from bubble to black hole Faulkner, Neil Article 2012 The financial crisis represents the end of an era in which greed and casino-madness had been given free rein by market deregulation and rising debt. A Marxist History of the World part 106: The Second Great Depression Faulkner, Neil Article 2012 Four years after the beginning of the crisis, the neoliberal elite is trapped by the contradictions of the system on which its wealth depends. A Marxist History of the World part 82: The Hungry Thirties Faulkner, Neil Article 2012 Beginning with the Wall Street Crash in 1929, the world economy entered the Great Depression. The misguided policies that world leaders pursued ensured that millions of lives were torn apart. The Money Crisis: How bankers grabbed our money -- and how we can get it back Stalker, Peter Book 2015 A historical analysis exposing the flaws in the system that led to financial crisis. Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - July 3, 2015: Greece and thd debt crisis Diemer, Ulli (editor); Rickwood, Darien Yawching (production) Serial Publication (Periodical) 2015 Our spotlight this issue is on the debt crisis facing Greece. To understand the crisis, one has to look beyond the mainstream media to alternative sources of information. We've done that, with article... Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - April 1, 2017: April 1 issue Diemer, Ulli (ed.) Serial Publication (Periodical) 2017 Other Voices always strives to present you with alternative views on important topics. This issue offers some really alternative perspectives and even some "alternative facts." As always, read critica... The People v. the Bankers: Greece Today, US Tomorrow Hudson, Michael Article 2010 The Greek "bailout" is actually a bailout of the international banks. Puerto Rico: a Junta By Any Other Name Cruz Díaz, Miguel A. Article 2016 Empire is once again fashionable. The financial crisis that is presently gutting the island of Puerto Rico plays out like the world's worst case of botched assisted suicide. The sell of its municipal ... A Report on Recent Struggles in Greece BIDA Article 2010 In periods of crisis, such as the current period of overaccumulation crisis, capitalists use the politics of 'public debt' in order to devise new ways to intensify exploitation. In contrast with capit... The Revenge of History: The Battle for the 21st Century Milne, Seumas Book 2012 A critical account of the first decade of the twenty-first century. Sources HotLink - June 30, 2016 Serial Publication (Periodical) 2016 Articles about the FBI and the information it gathers, Donald Trump and the media, and the role of pharmaceutical companies in suppressing information. Bird and Fortune - Subprime Crisis Bird, John; Fortune, John Film/Video 2008 The Subprime mortgage crisis explained. John Bird and John Fortune (the Long Johns) brilliantly, and accurately, describing the mindset of the investment banking community in this satirical interview. A Warning From the B.I.S.: the Calm Before the Storm? Whitney, Mike Article 2016 The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) is worried that recent ructions in the equities markets could be a sign that another financial crisis is brewing. In a sobering report titled "Uneasy calm ... We can't go on like this Halimi, Serge Article 2013 The legitimacy of capitalism as a way of organising society has been undermined; its promises of prosperity, social mobility and democracy have lost credibility. But there has been no radical change. ... What is to be done with the banks? Radical proposals for radical changes Weeks, John et al. Article 2016 Nine years after the outbreak of the financial crisis that continues to produce damaging social effects through the austerity policies imposed on victim populations, it's time to take another look at ... Why American Financial Markets Have No Relationship to Reality: An Economic House of Cards Roberts, Paul Craig Article 2014 The bullion banks (primarily JP Morgan, HSBC, ScotiaMocatta, Barclays, UBS, and Deutsche Bank), most likely acting as agents for the Federal Reserve, have been systematically forcing down the price of... A World at Financial War: Will Greece Let EU Central Bankers Destroy Democracy? Hudson, Michael Article 2011 The crisis for Greece – as for Iceland, Ireland and debt-plagued economies capped by the United States – is occurring as bank lobbyists demand that “taxpayers” pay for the bailouts of bad speculations... Connexions Directory of Groups & WebsitesBreak Their Haughty Power Articles on capitalism, socialism, and revolution, from a left-Marxist perspective. Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives To facilitate research on social and economic issues facing Canada and to promote alternatives for business and government. Corporate Watch Corporate Watch is a not-for-profit co-operative providing critical information on the social and environmental impacts of corporations and capitalism. Since 1996 our research, journalism, analysis an... North-South Institute/L'Institut Nord-Sud Provides policy-relevant research on the North-South issues of relations between industrialized and developing countries, in particular monitoring Canada's foreign policy role and its relations with t... Sources Experts & SpokespersonsSources LibraryCapitalism is still in dreamland Despite the markets' excesses, policymakers think they are in control Elliott, Larry 2008 Reporting on the World Economic Forum 2008, the author finds the IMF's suggestion to cut taxes and interest to be perpetuating the myth that the crises is one of liquidity rather than solvency. Failed neo-liberalism sees SA sleepwalking into a revolution Nkosi, Redge 2013 Two decades into democracy the outcomes of our economic system and its policy framework are unambiguous: increased poverty, increased inequality, increased unemployment, escalating costs of living and... |
