From sub-primes to global meltdown -- Long waves, structural crises, and credit-money -- The foundations of finance-led capitalism -- Financialization revisited : a meso-economic approach -- Shadow banking as network finance -- The international monetary system in flux -- Re-regulation...

This vital Handbook is an authoritative volume presenting key issues in finance that have been widely discussed in the financial markets but have been neglected in textbooks and the usual compilations of conventional academic wisdom. A wide range of topics including the recent economic crisis,...