Gerade einmal 10 Jahre ist es her, dass Zentralbanker kaum etwas falsch machen konnten. Die grossen Krisen galten als überwunden - Zentralbankchef Ben Bernanke sprach 2004 gar über das Ende der grossen Wirtschaftskrisen. Gerade einmal vier Jahre später stürzte die Weltwirtschaft in die mit...

Contents: Part I: Capitalism and financial crisis -- 1. Marx and the monetary business cycle -- 2. Marx and the emergence of debt markets -- 3. Rosa luxemburg and the marxists on finance -- Part II: Critical theories of finance in the twentieth century: Unstable money and finance -- 4. Ralph...

Part I: US Growth Policies in the Election Year -- Part II: Assessing the Impact of Labor Market Reforms -- Part III: Imbalances, Tensions and Possible Readjustments: Evidence from Intertemporal Accounting and the Financial Accounts -- Part IV: G20, Global Governance and Regional Integration --...

Andreas Steiner assesses the relationships between global imbalances, financial crises, and central bank policies, with a specific focus on their reserves. His combination of a strictly international perspective with an analysis based on empirical research enables him to develop an analytical...