Can It Happen Again?

Cover......Page 1 Title Page......Page 4 Copyright Page......Page 5 Dedication......Page 6 Table of Contents......Page 8 FOREWORD TO THE ROUTLEDGE CLASSICS EDITION......Page 10 PREFACE......Page 16 INTRODUCTION: CAN “IT” HAPPEN AGAIN?: A REPRISE......Page 20 1 Can “It” Happen Again?......Page 34 2 Finance and Profits: The Changing Nature of American Business Cycles......Page 45 3 The Financial Instability Hypothesis: An Interpretation of Keynes and an Alternative to “Standard” Theory......Page 92 4 Capitalist Financial Processes and the Instability of Capitalism......Page 105 5 The Financial Instability Hypothesis: A Restatement......Page 125 6 Financial Instability Revisited: The Economics of Disaster......Page 153 7 Central Banking and Money Market Changes......Page 200 8 The New Uses of Monetary Powers......Page 218 9 The Federal Reserve: Between a Rock and a Hard Place......Page 231 10 An Exposition of a Keynesian Theory of Investment......Page 242 11 Monetary Systems and Accelerator Models......Page 271 12 The Integration of Simple Growth and Cycle Models......Page 299 13 Private Sector Assets Management and the Effectiveness of Monetary Policy: Theory and Practice......Page 319 INDEX......Page 333