1st Edition
Institutions and Development After the Financial Crisis
The financial crash of 2007-2008 and the subsequent global economic crisis have raised questions about the viability of capitalism and the desirability of alternative types of economic system. In this context, Keynesian and Marxist ideas in particular have become more popular. These two approaches, along with some other heterodox perspectives, agree on the need for institutional analysis and for better institutions and governance in order to promote economic development.
This volume poses fundamental institutional, evolutionary and ontological questions relating to the emergence of a new mode of governance after the financial crisis. The book argues that, contrary to the recent austerity policies implemented in the EU in particular, a new level of government involvement is required in order to keep aggregate demand stable, make full employment possible, and create a transparent financial sector, serving the real economy and encouraging productive investments.
This book will be of interest to students, researchers and policy makers working in the areas of finance, institutional economics, development economics and international political economy.
Introduction Sebastiano Fadda and Pasquale Tridico Part I: Institutional and Evolutionary Theoretical Perspectives in Time of Crisis 1. Development Theories, Economic Policies and Institutions: A dialectical evolution Pasquale De Muro, Salvatore Monni and Pasquale Tridico 2. Evolutionary Dynamics in Revolutionary Times Hardy Hanappi 3. Which Way for Economics after the Crisis? Marxism versus Institutionalism Geoff Hodgson 4. Finance-Dominated Accumulation and Post-Democratic Capitalism Bob Jessop 5. Economic Policy, Institutions, Democracy in a Time of Crisis Sebastiano Fadda 6. The Great Depression in a Long Run Perspective: A postscript to War, Love and Cultures Ugo Pagano Part II: New Governance and Policies for Development after the Crisis 7. Global Imbalances and Declining Hegemony: Looking for a new paradigm after the financial crisis Pasquale Tridico 8. The Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance: A dangerous treaty Dany Lang 9. Creative Commons Licenses Massimiliano Gambardella
Biography
Sebastiano Fadda is Professor of Labour Economics and Economic Growth at the University Roma Tre, Italy. He is also Director of the ASTRIL Research Centre at the University Roma Tre.
Pasquale Tridico is Professor of Labour Economics at the University Roma Tre, Italy, and Research Associate at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. He is currently General Secretary of the European Association for Evolutionary Political Economy.
