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Author Sen, Sunanda.

Title Global finance at risk : on real stagnation and instability / Sunanda Sen
Published New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2003

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Description xviii, 203 pages ; 230 cm
Contents 1. International Capital Flows: Some Theoretical Insights -- 2. The Evolving Pattern of International Capital Flows -- 3. Pattern of Global Finance and the Real Economy -- 4. Global Finance and Development
Summary "Global Finance at Risk articulates a state of shock and concern with the unbridled pace of speculative finance in the global economy. Challenging the conventional wisdom of market efficiency in the context of today's 'high finance', the volume points at its limits in terms of generating real growth and development. Removed from the real sphere of production and employment, the high-risk high-return portfolios of the financiers fail to achieve even the short-term target of an effective buffer against uncertainty. Instead there continues to be a regime of systemic instability in the financial markets, which creates shocks and instability to the real sector."
"The volume offers a critique of the mainstream theory of de-regulated finance while drawing attention to the stagnation and instability at the heart of 'high finance'. The author examines how developing countries are drawn into the web of de-regulated finance of the speculative variety, with consequences which are even more severe when compared to the advanced countries. The book charts out an alternative route of global finance which is capable of generating real demand and activity. The change calls for national and international regulation of global finance in the interest of growth and development."--BOOK JACKET
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject International finance.
Capital movements.
LC no. 2003040521
ISBN 0333800400