Epic Recession: Prelude to Global Depression - Couverture souple

Rasmus, Jack

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0745329985 ISBN 13 : 9780745329987

Editeur : Pluto Press, 2010

Synopsis

The US is still in deep trouble. Banks are sustained by trillions of government dollars, unemployment is approaching 25 million and the long-term future of the economy is in doubt. In Epic Recession, Jack Rasmus shows that we need a new way of understanding the crisis if things are to improve. Rasmus interrogates US economic history to show that the current predicament is what he terms an 'Epic Recession', neither a full-blown depression or a short-lived period of contraction followed by a swift return to growth. He then shows that the only way to prevent the onset of depression is to radically restructure the economy through a massive job creation program, nationalisations, a fundamentally new kind of banking structure and a long-term redistribution of income through better healthcare and benefit systems. Epic Recession provides a rallying point for trade unionists and concerned citizens who want to ensure that any recovery is felt further than Wall street.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Jack Rasmus is a Professor of Economics at St Marys College and Santa Clara University, both in California. He is a freelance economics journalist and author of Epic Recession: Prelude to Global Depression (Pluto, 2010). He has been a business economist, market analyst and vice-president of the National Writers Union.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Pluto Press
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0745329985
• ISBN 13: 9780745329987
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 352
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