06.25.2015 - By The Society Pages
University of Michigan professor Greta Krippner [1] offers a sociological perspective on changes that have made the American economy dangerously dependent on credit and speculation in recent decades. Her book, Capitalizing on Crisis [2], describes the government's role in supporting this system, even as it continues to spiral through periodic disaster.
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[1] https://www.lsa.umich.edu/soc/people/faculty/ci.krippnergretar_ci.detail
[2] http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674050846
[3] http://files.thesocietypages.org/downloads/OH109_Krippner.mp3