Books reviewed: Davidson, Paul (2007): John Maynard Keynes, London/New York Godley, Wynne / Lavoie, Marc (2007): Monetary Economics. An Integrated Approach to Credit, Money, Income, Production and Wealth, Houndmills et al. McCombie, John / Rodriguez Gonzales, Carlos (eds.)(2007): The European...

First paragraph: In the past two years the world economy experienced a patchy but relatively strong recovery. In the European Union, however, the upturn was markedly weaker than in the rest of the world. Buoyant exports to the fast-growing emerging economies led to a strong upswing in several...

First paragraph: The financial and economic crises which started in 2007 have triggered and motivated increasing research on finance and the instability of the financial system but also on the relationship between finance, distribution and growth. This special issue discusses various, but...