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Author Clift, Ben, author.

Title The IMF and the politics of austerity in the wake of the global financial crisis / Ben Clift
Published Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2018

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Contents Cover; The IMF and the Politics of Austerity in the Wake of the Global Financial Crisis; Copyright; Dedication; Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Abbreviations; 1: The IMF and the Politics of Austerity in the Wake of the Global Financial Crisis; Introduction; Constructing Economic Orthodoxy; Economics, Ideology, and Fiscal Policy; The Social Construction of Crisis, and of Economic Policy Orthodoxy; Shared Understandings within the Fund of the Economy and Policy; Outline of the Book; 2: Ideational Change at the IMF after the Crash; Introduction; Ideational Change but not Paradigm Change
Constructivist Institutionalism and Ideational Change at the IMFPutting the CI Approach into Practice: Mechanisms of Ideational Change in the Fund; Power Relations and Practices of IMF Economic Policy Knowledge Production; Hierarchy and Path-Contingent Change in IMF Economic Ideas after the Crash; IMF Bricolage and the â#x80;#x98;New Normalâ#x80;#x99;; Conclusion; 3: The IMF, Economic Schools of Thought, and Their Normative Underpinnings; Introduction; The Fundâ#x80;#x99;s Repertoire of Economic Ideas and Academic Economics; Schools of Thought in Economics and Their Normative Underpinnings; Keynesianism
The Neo-Classical SynthesisNew Classical Macroeconomics; New Keynesian Macroeconomics; New Consensus Macroeconomics; The IMFâ#x80;#x99;s Repertoire of Fiscal Policy Thinking before the Crash; The Fund and its Post-Crisis Fiscal Policy Rethink; The Scope for Keynesian Thinking within the New Consensus; Conclusion; 4: Analysing the IMF Surveillance of Advanced Economies: The Social Construction of Fiscal Space; Introduction; The IMF as an Actor in World Politics: Conceptions of Fund Autonomy and Agency; Fund Authority, its Surveillance Mandate, and Advanced Economies
Powerful Members, Fund Autonomy, and the Moveable Limits of â#x80;#x98;Thinkableâ#x80;#x99; PolicyFund Influence over Advanced Economy Policies and Its Limits; Maximizing Traction? IMF Bricolage and Framing Policy Advice; The Politics of Austerity and the Social Construction of Fiscal Space; The Wax and Wane of Fund Influence over Advanced Economy Fiscal Policy Debates; Conclusion; 5: The Fundâ#x80;#x99;s Fiscal Policy Views and the Politics of Austerity; Introduction; The Fundâ#x80;#x99;s Re-Evaluation of Fiscal Policy Potency and Efficacy for Advanced Economies; Fiscal Policy for the Crisis
The Evolving Crisis Narrative: From Macroeconomic Stimulus to Exit StrategiesThe Troika and the Politics of Austerity; Growth Friendly Fiscal Consolidation?; Fiscal Policy Efficacy and Consolidation in Recessionary Conditions; The Eurozone Crisis and the Politics of Fiscal Rectitude; Both Too Much and Too Little Fiscal Consolidation Can Be Dangerous; The Second Revival of Counter-Cyclical Policy; Conclusion; 6: The IMF, the UK Policy Debate, and Debt and Deficit Discourse; Introduction; UK/IMF Relations: IMF Intellectual Authority and the Limits of â#x80;#x98;Tractionâ#x80;#x99
Summary This book analyses the IMF's role as arbiter of legitimate economic policy since the 2008 crash, and during aftershocks of the Eurozone crisis
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed February 19, 2018)
Subject Globalization -- Economic aspects
International economic relations.
Investments, Foreign.
International agencies.
Economic development.
International Agencies
international organizations.
economic development.
globalism.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- International -- Economics.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- International -- General.
Economic development
Globalization -- Economic aspects
International agencies
International economic relations
Investments, Foreign
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780192542472
0192542478
9780191851070
0191851078
Other Titles International Monetary Fund and the politics of austerity in the wake of the global financial crisis