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...

Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2. Capital -- Chapter 3. Credit -- Chapter 4. The Category of Capitalisation -- Chapter 5. Fictitious Capital -- Chapter 6. Speculative Capital -- Chapter 7. Private Banks -- Chapter 8. The Financial System and the State -- Chapter 9. Capital and the World...

Main description: The efficiency, safety, and soundness of financial markets depend on the operation of core infrastructure--exchanges, central counter-parties, and central securities depositories. How these institutions are governed critically affects their performance. Yet, despite their...