Introduction

Gerald A. Epstein

Chapter 1 in The Political Economy of International Finance in an Age of Inequality, 2018, pp 1-12 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: Many observers thought that the financial crisis of 2007–08 would be a watershed moment in global finance. They believed the crisis would demonstrate, once and for all, the instability and inefficiency of this hyper-speculative global financial system, and finally bring an end to the destructive “neoliberal moment†and its “Washington Consensus†dictates in domestic and global economic policy (see, for example, Blanchard, Dell’Ariccia and Mauro, 2010). But, something surprising happened to “neoliberal financialization†on the way to the “dustbin of history†: it escaped. Financial deregulation and “neoliberal†populism in finance are in the ascendant in the United States and elsewhere, and the bankers are laughing, well. . .all the way to the bank.1 To be sure, there are important cracks in the old free market consensus on international financial issues. These cracks are leading to what Ilene Grabel (Chapter 5, in this volume) calls “productive incoherence†in theory and practice, which is leading to important opportunities for policy change in some areas. But, in many other areas, the old theories and practices are being resurrected after near-death experiences in the period following the crisis.

Keywords: Economics and Finance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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