Front cover -- About the author -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Capitalism and Its Alternatives -- Introduction -- Traditions of resistance -- 1 Four Faces of Capitalism -- Introduction -- The political economy of Adam Smith -- Karl Marx's critique of...

This book examines the role that the IMF has played in the management of financial crises in developed nations. The topic is of particular significance in light of the global financial crisis that emerged following the collapse of American sub-prime mortgage markets in 2007, and the subsequent...