A Permanent Crisis : The Financial Oligarchy's Seizing of Power and the Failure of Democracy （2018）

Chesney, Marc

Springer Nature Switzerland AG（2018/10発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 111 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9783030005177
• DDC分類 330.90511

Full Description

This short book describes the role big banks played in the financial crisis of 2008 while denouncing the financial oligarchy's seizing of power and the dangers it represents for democracy today. There have been many books since the financial crisis that have considered historical events leading up to the crisis but few that consider a solution. Ten years after the great financial crash, this book synthesises the historical developments and introduces a proposal aimed at rebalancing the economy and society at large. The author presents a novel solution that would change current tax systems in the developed world, in their entirety.
This book will be of interest to students, practitioners and researchers, as well as the wider informed audience.

Contents

Introduction: The sinking of civilisation in the name of its salvation.- 1. Yesterday and today.- 2. Trying to satisfy financial markets is but a vain task.- 3. Liberalism: the financial sphere does not practice what it preaches.- 4. Characteristics of casino finance.- 5.The birth of homo-financiarius and the subservience of the elite.- 6. Some remedies and solutions.