The US is slowly recovering from the aftermath of the burst of the 'new economy' bubble - which was one of the worst in monetary history. In this updated edition, Philip Arestis and Elias Karakitsos examine the causes and consequences of the burst of the 'new economy' bubble and investigate the...

Demographic and institutional elements as important drivers of the housing market should not be neglected since it is not only financial and monetary elements that matter in the case of the housing market. In this context, one relationship, which still remains unclear, is the relationship...

Introduction -- Origins of the Great Recession -- The theoretical framework that underpins the origins of the Great Recession -- Too much liquidity : the source of the trouble -- Anaemic recovery : the US housing market and the consumer -- Anaemic recovery : the vicious circle of consumption and...