| Contents |
Introduction -- Neoliberal macroeconomics and its discontents : origins, content, and alternative approaches -- Economic inequality in a democratic society : measurement, causes, and effects -- Historical background, democracy, and free market policies : United States, United Kingdom, Chile, and South Africa -- The rise of inequality in the United States and the United Kingdom -- Wealth and income inequality in Chile and South Africa -- Speculative cycles in the stock and housing markets and the role of gold -- Private and public debt cycles in current and historical perspective -- Stagnation, the costs of austerity, and rising inequality in the European periphery and core capitalist economies -- Epilogue. |
