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While soaring inequality set the stage for the 2008 financial crash, mainstream economists remained clueless

Wisman, Jon D. (2014) While soaring inequality set the stage for the 2008 financial crash, mainstream economists remained clueless. LSE American Politics and Policy (03 Feb 2014). Website.

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Abstract

The restricted focus of mainstream economists has meant that not much attention has been given to the economic and social consequences of changing income and wealth inequality. Jon D. Wisman critiques their restricted scope and contends that it impeded them from seeing how 30 years of wage stagnation and soaring inequality were generating excessive speculation, indebtedness, and political changes that set the underlying conditions for the financial crisis of 2008.

Item Type: Online resource (Website)
Official URL: http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/
Additional Information: © 2014 The Author
Divisions: LSE
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory
H Social Sciences > HG Finance
Date Deposited: 07 Aug 2014 15:36
Last Modified: 15 Sep 2023 19:17
URI: http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/58764

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