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| Title: | | The financial crisis viewed from the perspective of the "social costs" theory  |
| Authors: | | Wray, L. Randall |
| Issue Date: | | 2011 |
| Series/Report no.: | | Working paper, Levy Economics Institute 662 |
| Abstract: | | This paper examines the causes and consequences of the current global financial crisis. It largely relies on the work of Hyman Minsky, although analyses by John Kenneth Galbraith and Thorstein Veblen of the causes of the 1930s collapse are used to show similarities between the two crises. K.W. Kapp's social costs theory is contrasted with the recently dominant efficient markets; hypothesis to provide the context for analyzing the functioning of financial institutions. The paper argues that, rather than operating efficiently the financial sector has been imposing huge costs on the economy-costs that no one can deny in the aftermath of the economy's collapse. While orthodox approaches lead to the conclusion that money and finance should not matter much, the alternative tradition - from Veblen and Keynes to Galbraith and Minsky - provides the basis for developing an approach that puts money and finance front and center. Including the theory of social costs also generates policy recommendations more appropriate to an economy in which finance matters. |
| Subjects: | | Hyman Minsky Kapp Galbraith Veblen coase theory of social costs efficient markets hypothesis money finance social efficiency social provisioning shadow banks financial innovation casino capitalism securitization deregulation self-supervision |
| JEL: | | B14 B15 B22 B52 E3 E12 E40 E42 E50 E51 E52 G14 G21 |
| Document Type: | | Working Paper |
| Appears in Collections: | | Working Papers, Levy Economics Institute of Bard College
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