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Inequality and the Global Economic Crisis
Douglas Dowd
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Description for Inequality and the Global Economic Crisis
Paperback. Explains how the financial system that led to crisis also created shocking and rising inequality. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJG; KCL; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 135 x 17. Weight in Grams: 378.
Inequalities of income, wealth and of power have been with us for millennia. This book is a critique of the counter-productivity of growing economic inequality from the 1980s to today. Douglas Dowd argues against capitalist expansion, exploitation and oligarchic rule.
The book states that the globalisation and growth of the financial sector will impact painfully upon hundreds of millions of people.
Presenting both a history of the current crisis and well as an overview of its politics, Inequality and the Global Economic Crisis look at militarism, consumerism, the media, education, housing and the ... Read more
Inequalities of income, wealth and of power have been with us for millennia. This book is a critique of the counter-productivity of growing economic inequality from the 1980s to today. Douglas Dowd argues against capitalist expansion, exploitation and oligarchic rule.
The book states that the globalisation and growth of the financial sector will impact painfully upon hundreds of millions of people.
Presenting both a history of the current crisis and well as an overview of its politics, Inequality and the Global Economic Crisis look at militarism, consumerism, the media, education, housing and the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Number of Pages
312
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745329437
SKU
V9780745329437
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99-1
About Douglas Dowd
Douglas Dowd was a widely respected academic and political activist. He taught at Cornell University, Johns Hopkins University, University of California, Berkeley, San Jose State University and at the University of Modena in Italy. He is the author of Capitalism and its Economics (Pluto, 2004), Inequality and the Global Economic Crisis (Pluto, 2009) and Understanding Capitalism (Pluto, 2000).
Reviews for Inequality and the Global Economic Crisis
'Douglas Dowd is our most reliable economic historian, and in this book he skilfully weaves together the current economic crisis, the globalisation factor, and the persistence of equality to come up with a penetrating analysis of where we are today. The book is full of useful, often startling information. It is an ideal antidote to the nonsense we get ... Read more