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Informationen zum Autor Nikolaos Karagiannis is Associate Professor of Economics, Department of Economics and Finance, School of Business and Economics, Winston-Salem State University, USA Zagros Madjd-Sadjadi is Professor of Economics and Chair, Department of Economics and Finance, Winston-Salem State University, USA, and the editor-in-chief of the American Review of Political Economy Swapan Sen is Professor of Finance and MBA Coordinator at the School of Business and Economics, Winston-Salem State University, USA Klappentext In recent times, policy makers, scientists, academics and commentators have become increasingly nervous about the US economic downturn. This new edited volume, from a top international set of contributors, seeks to answer these questions and to offer alternative, realistic and feasible strategies and policy recommendations towards reversing this situation. Zusammenfassung In recent times, policy makers, scientists, academics and commentators have become increasingly nervous about the US economic downturn. This new edited volume, from a top international set of contributors, seeks to answer these questions and to offer alternative, realistic and feasible strategies and policy recommendations towards reversing this situation. Inhaltsverzeichnis PART I: THE RETURN OF GOVERNMENT – PHILOSOPHICAL ISSUES & ETHICS 1. Why is Neoliberalism Dangerous? Alternative Perspectives and Government Policy Implications Nikolaos Karagiannis and Zagros Madjd-Sadjadi 2. The Return of Big Government: Policy Advice for President Obama L. Randall Wray 3. The Job Guarantee in a Municipal Confederalist Framework: Counterhegemonic Possibilities in the Age of Neoconservative Globalization Mathew Forstater 4. Beyond US Neoliberalism and the Washington Consensus: The Challenge of Development Ethics for the USA John Marangos, Nikos Astroulakis and Maria Dafnomili PART II: ECONOMIC POLICIES FOR SUSTAINABLE GROWTH & PROSPERITY 5. Macroeconomic Policies for Prosperity Malcolm C. Sawyer 6. The Conditions for Sustainable USA Recovery: The Role of Investment Philip Arestis and Elias Karakitsos 7. A Production-oriented Strategy for the USA: A Framework of Alternative Developmentalist Notions George A. Harwell, Nikolaos Karagiannis and Zagros Madjd-Sadjadi 8. The Money-wage-labor Standard Romar Correa PART III: FINANCIAL FRAGILITY & ALTERNATIVE MONETARY POLICY PROPOSALS 9. Structural Reforms to Reduce Systemic Financial Fragility Sergio Rossi 10. Quantitative Easing and Proposals for Reform of Monetary Policy Operations Scott Fullwiler and L. Randall Wray 11. The Economic Crisis and the US Dollar: Benefits and Obligations of a Hegemon Swapan Sen 12. US Debt Ceiling Charades and the Travails of "Helicopter Money" Richard Westra ...
