Critical and Feminist Perspectives on Financial and Economic ... - 9781138855014

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Critical and Feminist Perspectives on Financial and Economic CrisesAuthor(s): Sakiko Fukuda-Parr, James Heintz, Stephanie Seguino\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138855014, 978-1138855014\nSynopsis\nEconomic and financial crises have become perennial features of todays global economy. Macroeconomic theories of crisis, including the global crisis that unfolded in 2008, emphasize the role of financial deregulation; capital flow imbalances; and growing debt, fueled by income and wealth inequality. These approaches tend to be divorced from feminist thinking which analyzes broader distributional dynamics transmitted through structural channels and government policy responses, with an emphasis on gender, race, class and ethnicity. This volume brings together innovative thinking from heterodox macroeconomists and feminist economists to explore the causes, consequences, and ramifications of economic crises. By doing so,.