The Global Financial Crisis

Introduction; 1. The Causes of the Financial Crisis, the Credit Suffocation of the Real Economy and the Recession; 1.1 The Causes of the Financial Crisis; 1.2 Other Systemic Dangers of the International Financial System; 1.3 From the Financial Crisis to Recession; 2. The Governments’ Rescue Plans; Governments walking on a tightrope; 3. The G20 Summits and the Myth of a New World Order; 3.1 The G20 summit, London, 2 April 2009; 3.2 The G20 Summit, Pittsburgh, 24 September 2009; 4. The Crisis is not Over; 5. Neoliberal Globalization and the Reformist Left; Epilogue