Hints of the Subprime in New Microcredit - Jakarta Globe

Hints of the Subprime in New Microcredit
Jakarta Globe
Unfortunately, this coincides with a wave of financialization of micro-lending, a phenomenon Yunus deplores. As events unfold, micro-lending may come to ...

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Notes from the Editors - Monthly Review

Notes from the Editors
Monthly Review
Hence, they sometimes voiced concerns that MR was becoming repetitive, even obsessive, in its focus on stagnation (reinforced by financialization) as “the ...
The Wall Street Collapse and Return of Reality-Based Economics Monthly Review

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Real estate prices in France and Europe provide hints for the American economy - Christian Science Monitor


Christian Science Monitor
Real estate prices in France and Europe provide hints for the American economy
Christian Science Monitor
Today we know that this massive boom in real estate was more a function of financialization and credit availability rather than fundamentals. ...

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China customs warns of iron ore market financialization - SteelGuru

China customs warns of iron ore market financialization
SteelGuru
... and eliminating outdated production capacity and it is particularly worrying that the iron ore market is gradually entering an era of financialization. ...

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Bury the free market religion - Xinhua


Xinhua
Bury the free market religion
Xinhua
... Chomsky says the collapse of the Bretton Woods system was the beginning of a change that led to the financialization of the economy. ...

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Whoa. Look at Rhodium. Bad Sign for Auto Sales? - Wall Street Journal (blog)

Whoa. Look at Rhodium. Bad Sign for Auto Sales?
Wall Street Journal (blog)
Still, with the increased financialization of different traded assets — especially commodities like crude — we often wonder whether its possible to get a ...

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Is Capitalism Doomed? – Part II - AlterNet (blog)

Is Capitalism Doomed? – Part II
AlterNet (blog)
In later writings, Swezey describes how the massive “financialization” of the US economy, which started in the 1970s, served as a partial antidote to the ...

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