The First Great Recession of the 21 st Century Competing Explanations Edited by Oscar Dejuan University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain Eladio Febrero University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain Maria Cristina Marcuzzo University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy Edward Elgar Cheltenham, UK •...

The 2008-10 financial crisis and the global recession it created is a complex phenomenon that warrants detailed examination. The various essays in this book utilise several alternative paradigms to provide a plausible explanation and a credible cure. Great detail is given to this important...