A wide range of topics including the recent economic crisis, capital controls, the Franc Zone, quantitative easing and securitization, as well as the key controversies associated with them, are explored and explained in depth by well-known authorities in finance and economics.

Designed to complement and expand upon standard textbooks as well as the specialist critical literature on particular topics in finance, this informative Handbook will prove invaluable to academics, researchers and students focusing on economics, finance and heterodox economics.

Contributors: R. Bellofiore, D. Bezemer, S. Blankenburg, H. Braun, T. Congdon, G. Cozzi, P.L. dos Santos, S.C. Dow, T. Evans, G. Ietto-Gillies, P. Kalmi, A. Kaltenbrunner, E. Karwowski, J. Kregel, S. Krishnan, M.S. Lawlor, C.G. Leathers, N. Levy Orlik, P. Lysandrou, D.G. Mayes, J. Michell, T. Mott, A. Nesvetailova, J.P. Painceira, R. Palan, J. Perraton, J. Powell, J.P. Raines, K. Ruziev, S. Sigurgeirsdottir, W. Song, E. Stockhammer, J. Toporowski, A. Trigg, E. Tymoigne, J. Tyson, L. Ventimiglia, S. Venugopalan, R.H. Wade, C.J. Whalen, M.H. Wolfson, G. Wood, L.R. Wray