"George Will nailed it when he said we are sleepwalking into a debt crisis. A Fiscal Cliff: New Perspectives on the U.S. Debt Crisis aims to be a key source of the ideas that will be considered once the already-declared crisis is taken seriously. The unsustainable, and still rapidly growing,...

"It would be difficult to examine interest-free alternative financial systems without reviewing the evolution of debt; thus, this book offers a chronological account of the development of interest-bearing debt and contributors offer their take on how the issue of interest has been addressed...

Is the international financial architecture debate over? Not according to leading experts gathered together in this impressive volume who try to identify the key trends that will fashion the international financial system in the years ahead. As history has shown, the evolution of the...

Introduction / Jeffrey R. Di Leo, Peter Hitchcock, and Sophia A. McClennen -- Theory and history -- The rights to debt? / Sophia A. McClennen -- Kant at the Federal Reserve : on the aesthetics of quantitative easing / Peter Hitchcock -- Materialism : debt and sensuality / Christopher Breu -- The...

"This edited collection uses a history of economic thought perspective to explore the evolving role of Latin America within the context of globalization. In particular, it examines the region's resilience in the face of the global financial crisis.Economic Development and Global Crisis explains...