Im Grunde möchte man diesem Buch eine weite Verbreitung wünschen: Es behandelt nicht nur die bisherige Politik der Europäischen Zentralbank eingehend und mit Vergleichen zur Politik anderer Zentralbanken (z.B. der Bundesbank), es werden auch breit volkswirtschaftliche Theorien des Geldes, der...

After the breakdown of the Bretton Woods system and the beginning of the neoliberal revolution, financial markets became very unstable. The theoretical background of the neoliberal revolution stands in the tradition of Léon Walras. He was very much impressed by Isaac Newton, used his...

The markets for foreign exchange, energy and residential housing have all been strongly affected by the deregulation and expansion of the financial sector. As a result, they have begun to follow the logic of asset markets. This was especially marked in the case of the foreign exchange market...