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Economics in the Mirror of the Financial Crisis

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  • Rodolfo Signorino

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The Global Financial Crisis is a unique investigation into the causes of the most savage economic downturn experienced since the Great Depression. Employing wide and divergent perspectives – which are themselves critically examined – this study analyses the measures that have been taken to restore our economies to acceptable rates of unemployment and growth.

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  • Rodolfo Signorino, 2011. "Economics in the Mirror of the Financial Crisis," Chapters, in: Steven Kates (ed.), The Global Financial Crisis, chapter 11, Edward Elgar Publishing.
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    • F30 - International Economics - - International Finance - - - General
    • B22 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - History of Economic Thought since 1925 - - - Macroeconomics
    • B41 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - Economic Methodology - - - Economic Methodology
    • A14 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics - - - Sociology of Economics

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