The Demise of Finance-dominated Capitalism goes well beyond the dominant interpretation that the recent financial and economic crises are rooted in malfunctioning and poorly regulated financial markets.

Contents: List of contributors Acknowledgements Introduction Eckhard Hein, Daniel Detzer and Nina Dodig 1. The Transition Towards Finance-dominated Capitalism: French Regulation School, Social Structures of Accumulation and Post-Keynesian Approaches Compared Eckhard Hein, Nina Dodig and Natalia Budyldina 2. Finance-dominated Capitalism, Distribution, Growth and Crisis – Long-run Tendencies Eckhard Hein and Nina Dodig 3. Theories of Financial Crises as Cumulative Processes – An Overview Daniel Detzer and Hansjörg Herr 4. Financial Crises Leading to Stagnation – Selected Historical Case Studies Nina Dodig and Hansjörg Herr 5. Five Explanations for the International Financial Crisis Trevor Evans 6. Income Distribution and the Financial and Economic Crisis Jo Michell 7. Global and European Imbalances and the Crisis: A Critical Review Carlos A. Carrasco and Felipe Serrano 8. Financial Deregulation and the 2007-08 US Financial Crisis Özgür Orhangazi 9. The Role of Incentives for the Great Recession: Securitization and Contagion Giampaolo Gabbi, Alesia Kalbaska and Alessandro Vercelli 10. Risk Management, the Subprime Crisis and Finance-dominated Capitalism: What Went Wrong? A Systematic Literature Review Sérgio Lagoa, Emanuel Leão and Ricardo Barradas Index