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Bleakonomics a heartwarming introduction to financial catastrophe, the jobs crisis and environmental destruction / Rob Larson.
| Author/creator | Larson, Rob |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | London: Pluto Press; New York: Distributed in the United States exclusively by Palgrave Macillan, |
| Description | xi, 235 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from JSTOR eBooks |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Preface: the Plutonomy paper -- Part 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. HotwWater: 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 -- Part 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; 12.The subprime court: the corporate lock on the Roberts Court ; 13. Keeping down with the Joneses: American survival strategies -- Part 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 -- Conclusion: invisible sleight-of-hand: economics as a failed science. |
| Abstract | Bleakonomics is a short and darkly humorous guide to the three great crises plaguing today's world: environmental degradation, social conflict in the age of austerity and financial instability. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-231) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2012289122 |
| ISBN | 9780745332680 (hbk.) |
| ISBN | 0745332684 (hbk.) |
| ISBN | 9780745332673 (pbk) |
| ISBN | 0745332676 (pbk) |
| ISBN | 9781849647854 (PDF ebook) |
| ISBN | 1849647852 (PDF ebook) |
| ISBN | 9781849647878 (Kindle ebook) |
| ISBN | 1849647879 (Kindle ebook) |
| ISBN | 9781849647861 (EPUB ebook) |
| ISBN | 1849647860 (EPUB ebook) |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |