Financialization, Class Interests, and Karl Polanyi’s Protective Response

David A. Zalewski

Journal of Economic Issues, 2019, vol. 53, issue 2, 463-470

Abstract: Many observers expected a stronger countermovement against neoliberalism following the Great Recession. This article argues that such a protective response failed to materialize because the financialization process has aligned the preferences of labor and rentier classes. The result has been weaker support in democracies for expansionary monetary and fiscal policies during the early stages of recessions, which further lowers aggregate spending by increasing uncertainty. Thus, reversing the culture of financialization may be a necessary condition for preventing and responding to financial crises.

Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1080/00213624.2019.1594537

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