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Inequality, crisis and austerity in finance capitalism

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Using concepts of social formation and policy regime, the article examines the role of neoliberalism in creating finance capitalism. Finance capitalism involves new methods of exploitation in the reproduction sphere, through debt, price gouging etc. The paper argues that governments are integral components of finance capitalism. 'Austerity measures' are finance capitalism's method of disciplining reluctant classes and regions. A case study of the deficit crisis in the USA shows that austerity measures are the only permissible policy discourse, whereas the cause of the deficit is non-progressive taxation. The paper concludes that inequality is not only unethical but also it is economically disastrous. Copyright 2011, Oxford University Press.

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  • Richard Peet, 2011. "Inequality, crisis and austerity in finance capitalism," Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, Cambridge Political Economy Society, vol. 4(3), pages 383-399.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:cjrecs:v:4:y:2011:i:3:p:383-399
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    1. Markus P.A. Schneider & Stephen Kinsella & Antoine Godin, 2015. "Redistribution in the Age of Austerity: Evidence from Europe, 2006-13," Economics Working Paper Archive wp_856, Levy Economics Institute.
    2. Gemma Cairó-i-Céspedes & David Castells-Quintana, 2016. "Dimensions of the current systemic crisis: Capitalism in short circuit?," Progress in Development Studies, , vol. 16(1), pages 1-23, January.
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    4. Marie-Laure Djelic & Joel Bothello, 2013. "Limited liability and its moral hazard implications: the systemic inscription of instability in contemporary capitalism," Post-Print hal-01891963, HAL.
    5. Marie-Laure Djelic & Joel Bothello, 2013. "Limited liability and its moral hazard implications: the systemic inscription of instability in contemporary capitalism," Sciences Po publications info:hdl:2441/153e5es3a89, Sciences Po.
    6. Kelly Henry, 2014. "Reforming Regulatory Institutions: Enlarging the Space of Reasons," Journal of Heterodox Economics, Sciendo, vol. 1(2), pages 104-113, December.

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