Cover -- Contents -- I. Introduction -- II. The Theoretical Framework -- A. The Household Sector -- Consumption and Saving -- Labor Supply -- B. The Production Sector -- Output Demand -- Labor Demand and Investment -- Output Supply -- C. The Banking Sector -- Credit Demand -- Funding Demand and...

In this paper, we present the root cause of the American financial crisis in 2007. We show that financial integration and capital flow volatility is the factor that creates a climate conducive to the emergence of the crisis in the USA and led to its spread to the rest of the world. On the...