This timely book rethinks economic theory and policy by addressing the problem of economic instability and the need to secure broadly shared prosperity. It stresses that advancing economics in the wake of the Great Recession requires an evolutionary standpoint, greater attention to uncertainty...

The globalisation of financial markets has attracted much academic and policymaking commentary in recent years, especially with the growing number of banking and financial crises and the current credit crisis that has threatened the stability of the global financial system. This major new...

In the past thirty years the financial sector has seen unparalleled growth and has exerted increased economic and political influence and significance. This growth has come hand-in-hand with several serious economic crises and greater monetary instability. Set against this background, this...

Money and finance after the crisis : taking critical stock / Brett Christophers, Andrew Leyshon, and Geoff Mann -- From time-space compression to spatial spreads : situating nationality in global financial liquidity / Dick Bryan, Michael Rafferty and Duncan Wigan -- Financial flows : spatial...