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In the fall of 2008, the United States was plunged into a financial crisis more severe than any since the Great Depression. As banks collapsed and the state scrambled to organize one of the largest transfers of wealth in history, many--including economists and financial experts--were shocked by the speed at which events unfolded.In this new book, John Bellamy Foster and Fred Magdoff offer a bold analysis of the financial meltdown, how it developed, and the implications for the future. They examine the specifics of the housing bubble and the credit crunch as well as situate current events within a broader crisis of monopoly-finance capitalism--one that has been gestating for several decades. It is the "real" productive economyas tendency toward stagnation, they argue, that creates a need for capital to find ways to profitably invest its surplus. But rather than invest in socially useful projects that would benefit the vast majority, capital has constructed a financialized "casino" economy that neglects social needs and, as has become increasingly clear, is fatally unstable. Written over a two-year period immediately prior to the onset of the crisis, this timely and illuminating book is necessary reading for all those who wish to understand the current situation, how we got here, and where we are heading.
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评分这本书的结构设计堪称教科书级别，它如同一个精心布局的迷宫，每条路径都通往更深层次的理解。最让我印象深刻的是作者对“叙事的力量”的强调。他认为，金融危机往往源于一种集体的、自我实现的乐观叙事，而这本书的工作，就是系统性地解构这种叙事，将其还原为冰冷的数据和人性的弱点。书中对量化宽松政策的早期影响及其潜在副作用的探讨，显示出作者超前的洞察力，这使得这本书即便在危机过去多年后阅读，依然保持着强大的现实意义。这本书的语言风格兼具新闻的锐利和历史学家的沉稳，句子结构复杂但逻辑清晰，读起来有一种在品尝一瓶陈年烈酒的感觉，初尝可能有些辛辣，但回味无穷。它不仅仅是关于一场金融崩溃的记录，更是对现代社会结构性缺陷的一次深刻的、不留情面的诊断。它让我深刻理解到，看不见的风险，往往才是最致命的。
评分An analysis of 2008 financial crisis with the theoretical framework of monopoly-finance capitalism. It put the debt growth, financial bubble in the context of structural issue for monopoly capitalism: overcapacity, and its temporary solution in the modern time: financialization. A very Marxist interpretation but still insightful.
评分An analysis of 2008 financial crisis with the theoretical framework of monopoly-finance capitalism. It put the debt growth, financial bubble in the context of structural issue for monopoly capitalism: overcapacity, and its temporary solution in the modern time: financialization. A very Marxist interpretation but still insightful.
评分An analysis of 2008 financial crisis with the theoretical framework of monopoly-finance capitalism. It put the debt growth, financial bubble in the context of structural issue for monopoly capitalism: overcapacity, and its temporary solution in the modern time: financialization. A very Marxist interpretation but still insightful.
评分An analysis of 2008 financial crisis with the theoretical framework of monopoly-finance capitalism. It put the debt growth, financial bubble in the context of structural issue for monopoly capitalism: overcapacity, and its temporary solution in the modern time: financialization. A very Marxist interpretation but still insightful.
评分An analysis of 2008 financial crisis with the theoretical framework of monopoly-finance capitalism. It put the debt growth, financial bubble in the context of structural issue for monopoly capitalism: overcapacity, and its temporary solution in the modern time: financialization. A very Marxist interpretation but still insightful.
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