Financialization of the Economy, Business, and Household Inequality in the United States

This volume on the political and social economy of financialization in the US focuses on the unexpected consequences of the rise of finance for the American macroeconomy, the financialization of household inequality, and the hollowing out of nonfinancial business enterprises.

Autorentext

Kurt Mettenheim taught at the FGV-EAESP in São Paulo, Brazil, the University of Oxford the University of Pittsburgh, and Columbia University.

Olivier Butzbach is an Associate Professor of Political Economy at the Department of Political Science of the University of Campania 'Luigi Vanvitelli', Italy.

Inhalt

Introduction 1 The financialization of the American economy 2 The financialization of American household inequality 3 The financialization of American nonfinancial business Conclusion