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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781565303321

Autore

I͡Avlinskiĭ G (Grigoriĭ)

Titolo

Realeconomik [[electronic resource] ] : the hidden cause of the Great Recession (and how to avert the next one) / / Grigory Yavlinsky ; translated from the Russian by Antonina W. Bouis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Haven, : Yale University Press, c2011

ISBN

1-283-34149-2

9786613341495

0-300-16126-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (183 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BouisAntonina W

Disciplina

330.9/0511

Soggetti

Wealth - Moral and ethical aspects

Recessions

Capitalism

Bank failures

Financial crises - Prevention

Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [155]-157) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Developments In The Global Economy -- 2. Capitalism, The Market, And Morality -- 3. Shifts In The Global Economy Of The 1980s-2010 And Changes In The Moral And Psychological Climate -- 4. International Relations, 1980s-2008: Putting Self-Interest First -- 5. The Crisis In Russia Is A Different Matter -- 6. Lessons From The Crisis In A Globalized World: Morality As The Key To Survival -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

"This book directly confronts uncomfortable questions that many prefer to brush aside: if economists and other scholars, politicians, and business professionals understand the causes of economic crises, as they claim, then why do such damaging crises continue to occur? Can we trust business and intellectual elites who advocate the principles of Realpolitik and claim the "public good" as their priority, yet consistently favor maximization of profit over ethical issues? Former deputy prime



minister of Russia Grigory Yavlinsky, an internationally respected free-market economist, makes a powerful case that the often-cited causes of global economic instability-institutional failings, wrong decisions by regulators, insufficient or incorrect information, and the like-are only secondary to a far more significant underlying cause: the failure to understand that universal social norms are essential to thriving businesses and social and economic progress. Yavlinsky explores the widespread disregard for moral values in business decisions and calls for restoration of principled behavior in politics and economic practices. The unwelcome alternative, he warns, will be a twenty-first-century global economy in the grip of unending crises"--