Beyond the Bubble: Imagining a New Canadian Economy

by James Laxer

With the onset of the current economic crisis, one chapter in the economic history of the world is ending and a new one is beginning. What role will Canada play in this vastly altered world?

James Laxer examines the anatomy of the the forces that have controlled the global system and the forces that have the capacity to usher in a new global system as the U.S.-centred age of globalization comes to an end. He explores what needs to be done to combat the crash in Canada, and poses the questions we all want to have answered. What comes next for the global economy, and what does this mean for Canada? Where will we fit in? Is an egalitarian economic future possible? What could an economics for humanity look like?

A reflective and useful treatise on where we go from here, Beyond the Bubble is a must-read by one of Canada's best-known political commentators.

264 pages, Paperback

Published October 26, 2009

About the author

James Laxer was a Canadian political economist and professor at York University.

Reviews

[Loy]

[Personal Notes]
p.95: governments need to play a counter-cyclical role
p.96: governments responsible for job creation
p.104: monetarism, neo-liberalism


WWI
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| Golden Age, Keynesianism
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1970s: (1) inflation, (2) rising oil price, (3) demise of Bretton Woods
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| neo-liberal policies
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2008 Crash