Too much stuff : capitalism in crisis / Kōzō Yamamura

By:

Yamamura, Kozo [author]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Policy Press, 2017 Bristol, UK : Description: viii, 214 pagesISBN:

9781447335658

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DDC classification:

23 339.2 Y146T

Contents:

Intro -- TOO MUCH STUFF -- Contents -- Preface and acknowledgements -- 1. A new perspective on capitalism's "sickness" -- Introduction -- Capitalist economies: the realities -- We need a systemic change -- About this book -- 2. Inspiration in the Kaufhaus des Westens -- The Kaufhaus des Westens -- "Necessary luxuries" -- Persistent lack of demand -- Conclusion -- 3. Unreal tax rates -- Introduction -- The US -- Japan -- Germany -- The downward trend in interest rates -- Liberal politicians and conservative fiscal policy -- Conclusion -- 4. Printing money -- Introduction -- Ultra-easy monetary policy -- The lack of a common macroeconomic theory -- Neoclassical economic theory -- The ineffectiveness of ultra-easy monetary theory -- Conclusion -- 5. Inequality and discontent -- Introduction -- The Occupy Movement -- Thomas Piketty and Capital in the 21st Century -- Disparity in income and wealth distribution -- Conclusion -- 6. Buckling bridges and crumbling mountains -- Introduction -- Social safety nets and infrastructural investment -- The crumbling Eiger -- Conclusion -- 7. The United States: stagnation and gridlock -- From Ronald Reagan to George W. Bush, 1981-2009 -- The Obama years, 2009-16 -- Conclusion -- 8. Japan: bubbles, "lost years" and Abenomics -- Introduction -- The bubble and the "lost" years, 1980-2008 -- Government since 2009: from incompetent to delusional -- Conclusion -- 9. Unified Germany: a divided nation -- Introduction -- 1980-2008: German politics move to the Right -- From 2009 to the present: the high cost of Merkel's policies -- Conclusion -- 10. Four European economies -- Introduction -- From the 1980s to 2008 -- From 2009 to the present -- Conclusion -- 11. Reform to the rescue -- Great Britain1 -- The United States2 -- 12. Adapting capitalism and changing politics -- Introduction -- Increasing tax revenues. Political change -- Can "big government" and democracy coexist? -- Quality and quantity in GDP growth -- 13. Conclusion -- Postscript -- In the new world of too much stuff, you will be poorer than your parents -- Income and wealth distributions are still unequal and becoming more so. -- The real unemployment rate is not falling and wages are not rising -- The undesirable effects of printing money are proliferating -- Germany cannot continue fiscal austerity and its huge trade surplus -- The more things change, the more they remain the same -- Projected growth rates of the developed economies remain dismal -- Notes -- Index.

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Intro --
TOO MUCH STUFF --
Contents --
Preface and acknowledgements --
1. A new perspective on capitalism's "sickness" --
Introduction --
Capitalist economies: the realities --
We need a systemic change --
About this book --
2. Inspiration in the Kaufhaus des Westens --
The Kaufhaus des Westens --
"Necessary luxuries" --
Persistent lack of demand --
Conclusion --
3. Unreal tax rates --
Introduction --
The US --
Japan --
Germany --
The downward trend in interest rates --
Liberal politicians and conservative fiscal policy --
Conclusion --
4. Printing money --
Introduction --
Ultra-easy monetary policy --
The lack of a common macroeconomic theory --
Neoclassical economic theory --
The ineffectiveness of ultra-easy monetary theory --
Conclusion --
5. Inequality and discontent --
Introduction --
The Occupy Movement --
Thomas Piketty and Capital in the 21st Century --
Disparity in income and wealth distribution --
Conclusion --
6. Buckling bridges and crumbling mountains --
Introduction --
Social safety nets and infrastructural investment --
The crumbling Eiger --
Conclusion --
7. The United States: stagnation and gridlock --
From Ronald Reagan to George W. Bush, 1981-2009 --
The Obama years, 2009-16 --
Conclusion --
8. Japan: bubbles, "lost years" and Abenomics --
Introduction --
The bubble and the "lost" years, 1980-2008 --
Government since 2009: from incompetent to delusional --
Conclusion --
9. Unified Germany: a divided nation --
Introduction --
1980-2008: German politics move to the Right --
From 2009 to the present: the high cost of Merkel's policies --
Conclusion --
10. Four European economies --
Introduction --
From the 1980s to 2008 --
From 2009 to the present --
Conclusion --
11. Reform to the rescue --
Great Britain1 --
The United States2 --
12. Adapting capitalism and changing politics --
Introduction --
Increasing tax revenues. Political change --
Can "big government" and democracy coexist? --
Quality and quantity in GDP growth --
13. Conclusion --
Postscript --
In the new world of too much stuff, you will be poorer than your parents --
Income and wealth distributions are still unequal and becoming more so. --
The real unemployment rate is not falling and wages are not rising --
The undesirable effects of printing money are proliferating --
Germany cannot continue fiscal austerity and its huge trade surplus --
The more things change, the more they remain the same --
Projected growth rates of the developed economies remain dismal --
Notes --
Index.

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