The ABC's of the economic crisis :

Magdoff, Fred, 1942-

The ABC's of the economic crisis : what working people need to know / by Fred Magdoff and Michael D. Yates. - New York : Monthly Review Press, c2009. - 144 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The calm before the storm -- What makes capitalism tick -- Capitalist economies are prone to crises -- Mature capitalism's concentration of production and slow growth -- Can the tendency to slow growth be overcome? -- Economic stagnation sets in following the Second World War -- Neoliberalism -- The financial explosion : introduction -- How did it happen? -- The explosion of debt -- The great unraveling -- The government to the rescue? -- Summary and conclusions.

9781583671955 (pbk.) 1583671951 (pbk.) 9781583671962 (cloth) 158367196X (cloth)

2009030676


Financial crises--United States.
Working class--Economic conditions.--United States


United States--Economic policy--2001-2009.

HC106.83 / .M337 2009