Dialogues on Disputed Issues and Conflicting Theories
Introduction ̶ The protagonists
Prologue
First Dialogue Increasing inequality
Second Dialogue The failure to predict the Great Recession
Third Dialogue Why fiscal austerity?
Fourth Dialogue Rolling back the welfare state
Fifth Dialogue The state and the market
Sixth Dialogue The gigantic German trade surplus and the euro
Seventh Dialogue Crisis policy
Eighth Dialogue Environmental degradation
Ninth Dialogue Industrial policy
Afterword
Acknowledgments
Glossary
Index
Have you ever puzzled over the causes of the 2007–8 financial crisis and wondered how it will affect all our futures? If so, this book is for you. Using imagined dialogue between three economists with contrasting theoretical perspectives and a student who knows little about economics, different interpretations are compared in straightforward, jargon-free language. The book explores both the consequences of neoliberal economic policies based on the belief in efficient, self-regulating markets and the implications of alternative economic visions formulated in response to the Great Recession. In all, nine dialogues are presented, each of which focuses on a key theme: increasing inequality, the failure of economists to predict the crash, the reasons for fiscal austerity, the rolling back of the welfare state, the roles of the state and the market, the repercussions of the German trade surplus and the Eurozone crisis, policies to confront the crisis, environmental degradation, and the need for an industrial policy appropriate to the present day. The book will be ideal for both general readers and those embarking on the study of economics.
Link to publisher: Springer
Recensione: Book review: Carlo D'Ippoliti, History of Economic Ideas, vol. XXVIII 2020/1, 2020
Recensione: Book review: James Derbyshire, Annals of the Fondazione Luigi Einaudi, vol. LIII, 2019
Letture teatrali: Gallerie fotografiche letture teatrali Warwick University, 2019 e Queen Mary, University of London, 2019
Theatrical readings: Photogallery theatrical readings Warwick University, 2019 and Queen Mary, University of London, 2019