Machine generated contents note: 1 The Dream Class Is Over: Home Ownership, Consumption, -- and (Re)definitions of Middle-Class Identity 27 -- 2 Shopping Nightmares, Banking Games, Government Packages: -- Local Shopping during Inflation 5I -- 3 The Discrete Sales of the Middle Class: Gender and...

"The recent financial crisis has demonstrated the dangers of ignoring the factors that led to previous crises, and the effectiveness of the policies designed to deal with them. Over time, these macroeconomic policies have evolved, oscillating between state intervention and a free-market...