Former British Prime Minister and Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown believes the international financial crisis can be reversed, but that the world's leaders must work together if we are to avoid a decade of lost jobs and low growth. Brown speaks both as someone who was in the room...

This article combines theory and historical narratives to shed new light on the politics surrounding the making of central bank independence in contemporary Britain. Its central argument is that Gordon Brown’s decision to rewrite the British monetary constitution in May 1997 constituted an act...

How to Make Finance a Force for Good Just as Thomas Piketty offered a sweeping critique and progressive reassessment of capitalism, former World Bank Group chief financial officer Bertrand Badre looks at the destructive role finance played in the global economic crisis of 2007-2008 and offers a...

Intro -- Title Page -- CONTENTS -- Copyright Page -- Foreword by Emmanuel Macron -- Foreword by Gordon Brown -- Introduction: Finance at the Crossroads -- PART ONE: Despite Being Led Nearly to Ruin, How We Can Still React -- 1 High Hopes from the Millennium Summit -- 2 The 2007-2008 Financial...