xxiv, 368 p. ; 24 cm.

Machine generated contents note: I.Marxist Theories of Crisis -- 1.The Tendency of the Rate of Profit to Fall -- 2.Dissatisfaction with the Law of the Tendency of the Rate of Profit to Fall -- 3.The Marxist Under-Consumption Theory of Crisis -- 4.Dissatisfaction with the Under-Consumption Theory of...

Contents note continued: 2.Schumpeter's Transfiguration of Crises: Creative Destruction -- a).Schumpeter's Theory of Business Cycles -- b).The Long Waves -- c).Demise of Capitalism -- d).Schumpeterian Economic Policy -- IV.Stagflation---The Decline of Keynesianism and the Rise of Neo-Liberalism -- 1...

Contents note continued: b).The Stock Exchange Bubble and the Crash of 1987 -- 2.The Turbulent 1990s -- a).The Neo-Liberal Democrats in the USA -- b).Recession and Stagnation in Japan -- c).Rescue Effort for Japan; About-Turn in the USA -- d).Crises in the "Emerging Markets" -- e).The Great Crisis i...

Contents note continued: 2.The Assumptions of the Theory and the Reality -- a).The Political Reality -- b).The Economic Reality -- 3.The Sustainability Criterion -- IX.Aspects of the Crisis of Capitalism -- 1.Instability of the International Financial System -- 2.Mass Unemployment and Workers' Disco...

Contents note continued: a).Herman Daly's Steady-State Capitalism -- b).Elmar Altvater's Mutually Supportive Economy -- 4.Conclusion --- Perspective on the Future -- XII.The Global Economic Crisis of 2008-2010 -- 1.The Course of the Crisis to Date -- 2.The Immediate Causes of the Crisis -- 3.Superfi...