Author : Scott Aquanno,Stephen Maher
Publisher : Verso Books
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2024-01-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781839765285
The Fall and Rise of American Finance by Scott Aquanno,Stephen Maher Pdf
The Fall and Rise of American Finance traces the collapse and reconstitution of American financial power from the disintegration of robber baron J. P. Morgan's vast empire to the rise of finance behemoth BlackRock. Contrary to what is taken for common sense by figures from Hillary Clinton to Bernie Sanders, Maher and Aquanno insist that financialization did not imply the hollowing out of the "real" economy or the retreat of the state. Rather, it served to intensify competitive discipline to maximize efficiency, profits, and the exploitation of labor-with the support of an increasingly authoritarian state.