Financial Crisis Management and the Pursuit of Power

How does America manage crisis on behalf of international finance in the absence of a global state? Doyran explores the relationship between state power and global finance and in particular examines the various attempts by the US state at financial crisis management. The case studies highlight the dramatic consequences of the rise of financial capitalism in the US economy, and also explore regulatory sources of market failures, systemic risk and moral hazard. This book focuses on this primary issue facing scholars of American power in various social science disciplines, including political science, finance and international relations, professional financial analysts and Government officials. This book is for the critical reader who is interested in financial policy and wants to learn more about the causes and consequences of the rise of financial markets.

Mine Aysen Doyran, Ph.D., Assistant Professor (full-time faculty member), Department of Economics & Business, The City University of New York (CUNY)/Lehman College, USA

Contents: Introduction; State power and crisis management: a political-economic approach; Domestic and international origins of the bubble economy: institutions, ideology, regulation; Russia-LCTM and Enron defaults: a new type of financial instability 1998-2002; Domestic politics of financial regulation in the post-Enron period; US financial crisis of 2007-2010: the collapse of the shadow banking system; Post-crisis financial regulatory reform; International regulatory responses; Conclusion: hegemonic instability; Bibliography; Index.