A Primer on Finance-Led Capitalism and Its Crisis

This contribution to the debate on finance-led capitalism seeks to identify the principal structural changes in the nature of finance over the last couple of decades. After analyzing the dynamic of financial innovation, emphasis is put on the process of securitization as the engine of a new form of...

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Main Author: Robert Guttmann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Association Recherche & Régulation 2008-11-01
Series:Revue de la Régulation
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/regulation/5843
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description This contribution to the debate on finance-led capitalism seeks to identify the principal structural changes in the nature of finance over the last couple of decades. After analyzing the dynamic of financial innovation, emphasis is put on the process of securitization as the engine of a new form of financial capital, fictitious capital, which encourages asset bubbles. The burst of the latest bubble, centered on the U.S. housing market, has triggered the most serious financial crisis in decades and a serious global downturn. The article ends with a discussion of likely implications of this systemic crisis.
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A Primer on Finance-Led Capitalism and Its Crisis
Revue de la Régulation
finance-led capitalism
financial groups
financial innovation
securitization
fictitious capital
asset bubbles
title A Primer on Finance-Led Capitalism and Its Crisis
title_full A Primer on Finance-Led Capitalism and Its Crisis
title_fullStr A Primer on Finance-Led Capitalism and Its Crisis
title_full_unstemmed A Primer on Finance-Led Capitalism and Its Crisis
title_short A Primer on Finance-Led Capitalism and Its Crisis
title_sort primer on finance led capitalism and its crisis
topic finance-led capitalism
financial groups
financial innovation
securitization
fictitious capital
asset bubbles
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