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America, europe and the future of the global economy zed books, london, 20 in this remarkable and provocative book, yanis varoufakis explodes the myth. Battling the minotaur a greek myth graphic myths and legends limke, jeff, mccrea, john on. America, europe and the future of the global economy, published by zed books topics eurozone crisis. Battling the minotaur a greek myth graphic myths and legends. America, the true origins of the financial crisis and the future of the world economy, 1st edition, london, uk and new york, usa 196 pages, hardcover, zed books, isbn 9781780320151 laura carvalho. Todays deepening crisis in europe is just one of the inevitable symptoms of the weakening minotaur. As a person with a limited understanding of economics and global finance i come away from this book with both a greater understanding of pre and post crash economic policies and an insight into financial mechanisms capitalism uses. America, europe and the future of the global economy is a book by economist and former minister of finance for greece yanis varoufakis, first published in 2011 by zed books. In this remarkable and provocative book, yanis varoufakis explodes the myth that financialisation, ineffectual regulation of banks, greed and globalisation were the root causes of the global economic crisis. Martins press is considered one of the largest englishlanguage publishers bringing to the public some 700 titles a year under eight imprints the imprints include st.
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In this remarkable and provocative book, yanis varoufakis explores the myth that financialisation, ineffectual regulation of banks, greed and globalisation were the root causes of the global economic crisis. Yanis varoufakis is professor of economics at the university of athens. Originally published at his website in this article, aptly subtitled its lonely being the global policeman, slavoj evokes a parallelism between the age of extremes that began as the british empire was losing its grip with the present moment in history. Thus varoufakis more sinister name of the global minotaur for what took place after the global plan fell apart in 1971 when nixon took the us off the gold standard. Financialization, greed, ineffectively regulated banks all have been blamed for the global economic crisis. The global minotaur is a masterwork that registers for all time the challenge of our time. Now that the global minotaur quoting my book is mortally. Whether you agree or disagree, this books lively and impassioned prose will engage you both heart and mind, and hold you in thrall to the last word. Greece and the future of the global economy, 2015, etc. In this remarkable and provocative book, former greek finance minister yanis varoufakis explodes the myth that financialisation, ineffectual.
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