"The author expands our understanding of the most recent crisis using evolutionary and complex systems approaches, particularly ones that privilege the role of interactive knowledge and belief systems. Various large-scale economic crises are shown to be driven more by psychological and social constructs than is commonly understood. In both boom and bust, financial markets absorb money away from GDP uses; capital and wealth can be created, transferred, and destroyed across time and space more powerfully and independently of GDP processes than is commonly understood. The author also advances our understanding of the free-trade versus mercantilism debate by showing that the US economy has benefited from what he calls 'money-mercantilism' at the expense of other regions of the world. -- Back cover."
"Explains the rise and fall of economies in Asia, Central America, and Europe since 1980, and discusses these crises in the context of continuing economic globalization. Examines the impact of new uses and forms of money, and new financial flows such as electronic moneys and offshore financial markets, showing how the US economy has benefited from money-mercantilism at the expense of other regions of the world. Provides a taxonomy of common patterns of current crises, and provides policy recommendations for global financial actors. This second edition details changes in the global situation sin."@en

Financial crises and recession in the global economy