The term financialization is a term that has become popular to describe developments within the global economy, and particularly within developed industrialized economies, over the past thirty years. The book is divided into four sections, which together give a comprehensive treatment of the...

What constraints do history and the global economy place upon Africa's economic development? To answer this question, Alemayehu Geda offers a new study of international finance and trade in Africa using a global macro model focused on the region. A unique study of the African continent, this...

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Debtors and Creditors -- 2. The Law of Failure -- 3. Imprisoned Debtors in the Early Republic -- 4. The Imagery of Insolvency -- 5. A Shadow Republic -- 6. The Politics of Insolvency -- 7. The Faces of Bankruptcy -- Conclusion -- Notes...