The Financial Crisis

1. Introduction
Philip Arestis, Rogério Sobreira, José Luis Oreiro

2. The Lessons from the Current Crisis for Macro-theory and Policy
Philip Arestis, Elias Karakitsos

3. The Conventional Views of the Global Crisis: A Critical Assessment
Emiliano Brancaccio, Giuseppe Fontana

4. The Global Crisis and the Governance of Power in Finance
Gary A. Dymski

5. Income Distribution and Borrowing: Growth and Financial Balances in the US Economy
Gennaro Zezza

6. Re-structuring the Financial Sector to Reduce its Burden on the Economy
Malcolm Sawyer

7. Regulate Financial Systems, or Financial Institutions?
Costas Lapavitsas

8. Institutional Investment and Financial Regulation: An International Comparison
Ramona Meyricke

9. Rethinking the Lending of Last Resort Function: A Historical and Contemporary Perspective
Germana Corrado

10. The Necessity of Reforming the International Monetary System
Fernando Ferrari-Filho

11. Neoliberalism, Income Distribution and the Causes of the Crisis
Engelbert Stockhammer

Keywords: Economics, Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics, Development Economics, Finance, general