Lawless capitalism : the subprime crisis and the case for an economic rule of law

Lawless capitalism : the subprime crisis and the case for an economic rule of law / Steven A. Ramirez.

"In this innovative and exhaustive study, Steven A. Ramirez posits that the subprime mortgage crisis, as well as the global macroeconomic catastrophe it spawned, is traceable to a gross failure of law. The rule of law must appropriately channel and constrain the exercise of economic and politic...

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Main Author: Ramirez, Steven A.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : New York University Press, ©2013.
Subjects:
2008-2009
Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009 > Moral and ethical aspects.
Financial crises > Moral and ethical aspects > United States.
Capitalism > Moral and ethical aspects > United States.
Corporate governance > Moral and ethical aspects > United States.
Business and politics > United States.
Financial institutions > Law and legislation > United States.
Law and economics.
Liability (Law)
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Business Ethics.
LAW > Business & Financial.
Business and politics
Capitalism > Moral and ethical aspects
Ethics
Financial institutions > Law and legislation
Law and economics
United States
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Table of Contents:
  • A revolution in economics (but not in law)
  • The corrupted corporation
  • Animal spirits and financial regulation
  • Rigged globalization
  • The costs of economic oppression
  • The crisis in crisis management
  • The potential for an economic rule of law
  • Epilogue : Optimized legal infrastructure and the end of scarcity.

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