The ABCs of the economic crisis what working people need to know - Magdoff, Fred 1942-; Yates, Michael 1946- (New York Monthly Review Press, 2009)
The calm before the storm -- What makes capitalism tick -- Capitalist economies are prone to crises -- Mature capitalism's concentration of production and slow growth -- Can the tendency to slow growth be overcome? -- Economic stagnation sets in following the Second World War -- Neoliberalism -- The financial explosion : introduction -- How did it happen? -- The explosion of debt -- The great unraveling -- The government to the rescue? -- Summary and conclusions.
Includes bibliographical references (pages [135]-136) and index.
Keywords: Working class -- United States -- Economic conditions; Financial crises -- United States; United States -- Economic policy -- 2001-2009.