This article explores what the financial crisis shows about changes in the German and French banking systems, the two largest in continental Europe. In particular, we highlight processes of financialization - defined here as the increased trading of risk. We focus on an apparent contradiction:...

Economics and political economy lack the analytical tools to explain the differing impact of the recent international financial crisis that erupted in 2007 on developed economies. The principal contribution of this edited volume is to offer a 'market-based banking' framework which transcends the...

Metropolitan College was created to induce United Parcel Service (UPS) not to close its hub operation in Louisville, Kentucky. Participants in the program work the third shift at UPS and attend one of three local colleges tuition-free. Stakeholders agree that Metropolitan College has...