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 handbook brings together leading international scholars to provide a comprehensive overview of research and theory on the sociology of finance and the workings of financial institutions and financial markets.

Overview: Financialization as financial neoliberalism -- Financialization: what it is and why it matters -- The macroeconomics of financialization: stages of development approach -- The simple analytics of debt-driven business cycles -- Deflation and inflation dynamics with debt -- Herd...