American Empire and the Political Economy of Global Finance

1. Demystifying Imperial Finance
Leo Panitch, Martijn Konings

Part I. Contours and Sources of Imperial Finance

2. Finance and American Empire
Leo Panitch, Sam Gindin

3. American Finance and Empire in Historical Perspective
Martijn Konings

Part II. Constructing the Pillars of Imperial Finance

4. US Structural Power and the Internationalization of the US Treasury
David Sarai

5. Neoliberalism and the Federal Reserve
Eric Newstadt

6. US Power and the International Bond Market: Financial Flows and the Construction of Risk Value
Scott Aquanno

7. Towards the Americanization of European Finance? The Case of Finance-Led Accumulation in Germany
Thomas Sablowski

8. Accounting for Financial Capital: American Hegemony and the Conflict Over International Accounting Standards
Thomas Sablowski

9. From Bretton Woods to Neoliberal Reforms: the International Financial Institutions and American Power
Ruth Felder

10. The Role of Financial Discipline in Imperial Strategy
Christopher Rude

Part III. Conclusion

11. The Politics of Imperial Finance
Martijn Konings, Leo Panitch

12. The Political Economy of the Subprime Crisis
Leo Panitch, Martijn Konings, Sam Gindin, Scott Aquanno

Nyckelord: Economics, Economic Policy, Political Economy, International Relations, European Politics, International Economics, Imperialism and Colonialism