The Intellectual Origins of the Global Financial Crisis

Published by Fordham University Press 2012

The Intellectual Origins of the Global Financial Crisis

Edited by: Roger Berkowitz and Taun N. Toay

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780823249633

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About this book

This volume collects the views of philosophers, economists, businessmen, and public intellectuals who, following Hannah Arendt’s approach, suggest that the financial crisis has its roots in the transformed relation of politics and economics. In short, as politics is made subservient to economics, we have subverted the political and ethical boundaries that traditionally limit economic decisions. By reaching beyond “how” the crisis happened to “why” the crisis happened, the authors re-imagine the recent financial crisis and thus provide fresh thinking about how to respond.

Author / Editor information

Berkowitz Roger :

Roger Berkowitz is the Academic Director of the Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and Humanities and Associate Professor of Politics, Human Rights, and Philosophy at Bard College.Toay Taun N. :

Taun N. Toay is a Research Analyst at the Levy Economics Institute and a Visiting Lecturer in economics at Bard College. He has written and co-written articles on subjects ranging from direct job creation in Greece and South Africa to the destabilizing impacts of euro-adoption.

Reviews

—Gary Mongiovi:
“A novel, intriguing and fruitful angle from which to approach the recent financial crisis."

—Jacob Dahl Rendtorff:
“An important contribution to the discussions about the origins and character of the financial crisis.”

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Introduction. The Burden of Our Times Roger Berkowitz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part I. Hannah Arendt and the Burden of Our Times
One. Can Arendt’s Discussion of Imperialism Help Us Understand the Current Financial Crisis? Tracy B. Strong Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	17
Two. “No Revolution Required” Jerome Kohn Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	25
Three. Judging the Financial Crisis Antonia Grunenberg Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	39
Part II. Business Values and the Financial Crisis
Four. Capitalism, Ethics, and the Financial Crash David Callahan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	51
Five. An Interview with Paul Levy Roger Berkowitz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	61
Six. An Interview with Vincent Mai Roger Berkowitz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	73
Seven. Brazil as a Model? Alexander R. Bazelow Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	83
Eight. An Interview with Raymundo Magliano Filho Cláudia Perrone-Moisés Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	89
Nine. Round Table THE BURDEN OF OUR TIMES Raymond Baker, Rebecca Berlow, Jack Blum, Zachary Karabel, Thomas Scanlon and Taun N. Toay Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	93
Part III. The Crisis of Economics
Ten. The Roots of the Crisis Sanjay G. Reddy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	105
Eleven. Where Keynes Went Wrong Lewis Hunter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	111
Twelve. Managed Money, the “Great Recession,” and Beyond Dimitri B. Papadimitriou Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	123
Thirteen. Turning the Economy into a Casino David B. Matias and Sophia V. Burress Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	133
Part IV. The Origins of the Financial Crisis from Nationalism to Neoliberalism
Fourteen. Capitalism NEITHER PROBLEM NOR SOLUTION— BUT TEMPORARY VICTIM OF THE FINANCIAL CRISIS Liah Greenfeld Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	145
Fifteen. Retrieving Chance NEOLIBERALISM, FINANCE CAPITALISM, AND THE ANTINOMIES OF GOVERNMENTAL REASON Robyn Marasco Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	153
Sixteen. The End of Neoliberalism? Miguel de Beistegui Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	167
Seventeen. Short- Term Thinking Oliver Custer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	177
Eighteen. Can There Be a People’s Commons? THE SIGNIFICANCE OF ROSA LUXEMBURG’S ACCUMULATION OF CAPITAL Drucilla Cornell Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	191
Nineteen. An Economic Epilogue Taun N. Toay Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	199
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	205
Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	213
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	215

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Language: English
Publisher: Fordham University Press
Pages
- Main content: 232
Keywords: Hannah Arendt; Great Recession; Financial Crisis; neoliberalism; Max Weber; Michel Foucault; Globalization; Imperialism

eBook

Published: October 1, 2012
ISBN: 9780823249633