The neoliberal notion of globalization implies a homogenizing of international markets into the Anglo-Saxon model. Drawing upon work by Gerald Epstein, this paper describes the changes in Belgium's political-economic power relations as the process of European integration has progressed from the...

The changing economic environment of the late 1980s has been dominated by the financial I innovations brought about by the growing demand for credit by U.S. corporations. When looking at this phenomena from a very long perspective of 50 to 60 years as some researchers have done [Taggart, 1985;...

This study is a continuation of the empirical research on the impacts of debt; it argues that debt-usage is not neutral and that the currency of its cost is bankruptcy. A financially fragile economy is feared because of its potential harm. In the public sector the large and lingering deficit is...

This major Handbook consists of 29 contributions that explore the full range of exciting and interesting work on money and finance currently taking place within heterodox economics. There are many themes and facets of alternative monetary and financial economics but two major ones can be identified.

Cover -- Half Title -- Epigraph -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Preface -- Chapter 1 More than just the stock market: introduction to economics -- 1.1 Economics as a social science -- 1.2 On the scientific character of economics, ideology, and...