Imperiled Economies

Edited by Paul Cooney, Ann Davis, Julio Huato, Paddy Quick, Geoffrey Schneider, Ramaa Vasudevan, and Matias Vernengo

URPE reader cover
Date of publication:
December 2017
ISBN:
978-1-939402-35-6
Pages:
160
Price:
$39.95


  • PART 1—ECONOMIC GROWTH AND CRISES
    • 1.1 Long Waves of Capitalist Development Deepankar Basu
    • 1.2 Economic Growth and Structural Change Gabriel Brondino
    • 1.3 Heterodox Theories of Long-Run Growth William McColloch
    • 1.4 Effective Demand and Long-Run Growth Daniele Girardi and Riccardo Pariboni
    • 1.5 Leverage and Household Wealth in the 2000s Edward N. Wolff
  • PART 2—ECONOMIC POLICIES
    • 2.1 To Live and Die in America Robert Chernomas
    • 2.2 Functional Finance and Social SecurityAdem Y. Elveren
    • 2.3 The Burden of the Military-Industrial Complex Mehrene Larudee
    • 2.4 The New Developmentalism in Latin America Claudio Katz
    • 2.5 The Greek Financial Crisis and the Troika's Bailout Programs Hee-Young Shin
    • 2.6 Harmful Economic Systems and Economic Development Lane Vanderslice
  • PART 3—CLIMATE CHANGE
    • 3.1 Radical Ecological Economics David Barkin
    • 3.2 China's Ecological Ciris and Global Capitalism Under Neoliberalism Chiara Piovani
    • 3.3 The Lessons from the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster Junji Tokunaga
  • PART 4—ALTERNATIVE POLITICAL-ECONOMIC STRUCTURES
    • 4.1 Cuba: Moving Beyond Capitalism in Pursuit of Human Development Al Campbell
    • 4.2 Taming the Corporate Beast Marianne Hill
    • 4.3 From Inequality to Solidarity Julie Matthaei
    • 4.4 Worker Cooperatives Erik K. Olsen and Julia Poznik
  • Contributors