In einer aktuellen Studie des Internationalen Währungsfonds (IWF) wird das bisher nicht für möglich gehaltene Ausmaß der aktuellen Wirtschaftskrise abgeschätzt: Erst-mals seit 60 Jahren schrumpft die Weltwirtschaft.[1] Die Ökonometriker des IWF rechnen beim Bruttoinlandsprodukt (BIP) 2009...

""Of All the Economic Bubbles that have been pricked," the editors of the Economist recently observed, "few have burst more spectacularly than the reputation of economics itself." Indeed, the financial crisis that crested in 2008 destroyed the credibility of the economic thinking that had guided...

"This innovative book focuses on the current global financial crisis and the inadequacies of the economic theories being used to guide policy. In so doing, it tackles the economic theories that have been used firstly to understand its causes and thereafter to contain the damage it has brought."...

"This volume focuses on current issues of debate in the area of modern macroeconomics and money, written from (a broadly interpreted) post Keynesian perspective. The papers connect with Philip Arestis' contributions to macroeconomics and money, and pay tribute to his distinguished...