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Cover -- Half-Title -- Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- 1 Setting the Scene: From a Crisis of Economics to a Crisis of the State -- Introduction -- Competing crisis narratives of symptom and disease -- The rehabilitation of economic theory -- The crisis and the economics curriculum -- Structure of the book -- 2 The Collapse of the Model World: From Faith in Equations to Unsustainable Asset Bubbles -- Introduction -- The growth of increasingly complex secondary mortgage markets -- The uneconomic economics of asset-price valuation techniques -- Performativity and counter-performativity in financial markets -- Conclusion -- 3 The Creation of the Model World: From Formalist Techniques to the Triumph of Uneconomic Economics -- Introduction -- The return of the policy ineffectiveness proposition -- The quest for a fully specified general equilibrium framework -- Formalist technique and the logic of market self-regulation -- Conclusion -- 4 Looking Ahead: From Uneconomic Economics to a Different Future -- Introduction -- The definition of good economics -- The significance of historicised method -- Final words -- References -- Index

European Documentation Centres (EDCs) are neutral collections of official publications of the European Union, open to the public and normally housed in academic institutions throughout the European Union (EU). EDC status entitles the host organisation to receive one copy of the most significant publications and documents of the EU. The EDC network goes back to 1963, and its primary purpose has always been the support of academic research into European integration. The decision to trigger Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union clearly raises questions about role of the EDCs in the United Kingdom after 'Brexit'.

THE ARTICLE HAS SHOWN THAT THE SPATIAL MOBILITY OF CAPITAL IS FAR MORE LIMITED THAN IT IS MADE TO APPEAR IN THE POLITICAL RHETORIC OF GLOBALIZATION. AS A CONSEQUENCE, THIS HAS DEMONSTRATED THAT THE STRATEGIC RE-REGULATION OF FINANCIAL MARKETS REMAINS POSSIBLE. BY FOCUSING SUBSEQUENTLY ON THE QUESTION OF THE FUNCTIONAL MOBILITY OF CAPITAL, IT HAS BEEN SHOWN THAT THERE ARE COMPELLING REASONS OF BOTH AN ECONOMIC AND A POLITICAL NATURE, FOR ARGUING THAT THE RE-REGULATION OF FINANCIAL MARKETS IS NOT ONLY POSSIBLE, BUT NECESSARY.

Margaret Watson (Bodleian Law Library) and Maria Bell (British Library of Political and Economic Science, LSE) write about their role in providing EU information for academic research and examine the issues that exist in this specialist area.

THE LABOR PARTY'S RECENT LANDSLIDE ELECTORAL VICTORY PRESENTS THE PARTY IN POWER WITH A RARE OPPORTUNITY TO REVITALIZE AND MODERNIZE BRITAIN'S AILING AND ANTIQUATED MANUFACTURING ECONOMY. THE AUTHORS CONCENTRATE ON POLICY PRIORITIES FOR THE EXPANSION OF MANUFACTURING CAPACITY AND THE REJUVENATION OF THE PRODUCTIVE ECONOMY THROUGH THE RESTORATION OF AN INDIGENOUS INVESTMENT ETHIC TO BRITISH CAPITALISM.