Part I- The Crisis: Micro-Macro Perspective -- Chapter1- Pathology of the Crisis -- Chapter 2- Sub-Prime Debt Imbroglio : Risks-Rewards of Financial Sophistication -- Chapter 3- Policy Response -- Chapter 4- Why Is the Economy Not Taking Off? -- Chapter 5- Euro-Sclerosis: Causation and Control...

The dissertation includes four studies broadly connected to the causes and consequences of the Global Financial Crisis of 2007-8 from a political economy perspective. Following the intro-duction, Chapter 2 analyzes the political roots of massive foreign reserves accumulation, which has...