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1 online resource (249 pages) : electronic book |
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| Summary |
Bleakonomics is a short and darkly humorous guide to the three great crises plaguing todays world: environmental degradation, social conflict in the age of austerity and financial instability. Written for anyone who is wondering how weve come tothis point, Rob Larson holds mainstream economic theory up against the grim reality of a planet in meltdown. He looks at scientists conclusions about climate change, the business worlds opinions about its own power, and reveals the fingerprints of finance on American elections. With a unique and engaging approach to each crucial subject, students, academics and activists will find a lot to appreciate in this quiet call-to-arms for a saner and more stable world. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Machine generated contents note: pt. I External Damnation: The Market's Unintended Impact on the Environment -- Introduction to Part I "Externalities" in Theory -- 1.Come Hell and High Water: Scientists Indict Capitalism -- 2. Hug Them While They Last: Costs Beyond the Pump -- 3. Hot Water: Capitalism's "Best Economic Case" -- 4. The Brown Peril: Atmospheric Brown Clouds and Asian Neoliberalism -- 5. Cause and Side-effect: Big-picture Externalities -- 6. As Not Seen On TV: The Market and the Media -- pt. II Will Work For Peanuts: The Job Market and the War on Labor -- Introduction to Part II The Labor Market in Theory -- 7. Classroots: "Run-of-the-mill Class Conflict" -- 8. Hitting the Class Ceiling: The Modern Practice of Class Confrontation -- 9. Fight and Flight: Economic Conflict, Past and Present -- 10. Mideast Meets Midwest: Labor Uprisings of 2011 -- 11. Shortchange You Can Believe In: The Obama Administration and Neoliberalism. |
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Note continued: 12. The Subprime Court: The Corporate Lock on the Roberts Court -- 13. Keeping Down with the Joneses: American Survival Strategies -- pt. III The Invisible Hand Gives the Finger: The Crisis-prone Finance Market -- Introduction to Part III Credit Markets in Theory -- 14. Pop Goes the Economy: The Origin of Financial Bubbles -- 15. Not Too Big Enough: How America's Banks Got Too Big to Fail -- 16. Bonanzas as Usual: How Sky-High Bank Profits Persist Despite Bad Loans -- 17. Fed Up: The Desperation of Quantitative Easing -- 18. Starved for Attention: Financial Speculation and Rising Food Prices. |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Economic history -- 21st century.
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Economic history. |
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21st century |
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Financial crises.
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Financial crises. |
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Employment (Economic theory)
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Employment (Economic theory) |
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2000-2099 |
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Electronic books.
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Dictionaries.
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Dictionaries.
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Academic Library |
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Print version: Larson, Rob. Bleakonomics. London: Pluto Press; New York: Distributed in the United States exclusively by Palgrave Macillan, 2012 9780745332680 (OCoLC)792880289 |
| ISBN |
9781849647854 |
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1849647852 |
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9780745332680 (hardback) |
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0745332684 (hardback) |
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9780745332673 (paperback) |
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0745332676 (paperback) |
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9781849647878 (Kindle ebook) |
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1849647879 (Kindle ebook) |
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9781849647861 (EPUB ebook) |
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1849647860 (EPUB ebook) |
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