The dialectics of liquidity crisis: an interpretation of explanations of the financial crisis of 2007-08

1. Introduction : historicizing economic theories of financial crisis -- 2. Minsky in context : a critique of "liquidity crisis" as an explanatory concept -- 3. Minsky contrary to monetarism -- 4. Liquidity and abstraction -- 5. Arbitrage as a historical structure shaping the US financial system -- 6. Sociological interlude : calculation or commensuration? -- 7. Recent financial instability in the US mortgage market : the three phases of risk -- 8. Economics, regulation and capital : an assessment of some proposed reforms -- 9. Conclusion.

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- 1 Introduction: historicizing economic theories of financial crisis -- 2 Minsky in context: a critique of "liquidity crisis" as an explanatory concept -- 3 Minsky contrary to Monetarism -- 4 Liquidity and abstraction -- 5 Arbitrage as a historical structure shaping the US financial system -- 6 Sociological interlude: calculation or commensuration? -- 7 Recent financial instability in the US mortgage market: the three phases of risk -- 8 Economics, regulation and capital: an assessment of some proposed reforms -- 9 Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index