Leveraging
A Political, Economic and Societal Framework
Editors: Anderson, David M. (Ed.)
Free Preview- Examines the role of bargaining leverage, resource leverage and investment leverage across societal sectors
- Investigates the role of leverage in the economic crisis of 2008-09 and in the broader context of the theory of capitalism
- Discusses the risk and theory behind over-leveraging in both economic and political contexts
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- About this book
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This book considers the current domestic and global political and economic landscape and will show that there are three different but related kinds of leverage that together have emerged as the dominant strategy in economics, politics and international relations. The economic crisis of 2008-09 was called by most economists a crisis of “over-leverage.” Yet no one has argued that there has also been a leverage crisis or at least a “leverage challenge,” in other aspects of life. The This book argues that there is a “leverage mean” in between the extremes of too little leverage and too much leverage that provides the basis for resolving the various crises and challenges. This book, which grows out of a Brookings Institution paper “The Age of Leverage,” will analyze bargaining leverage, resource leverage and economic investment leverage and should draw the attention of students and teachers in political and economic philosophy.
- About the authors
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David M. Anderson is Senior Vice President, State Relations, at The Washington Center for Internships and Academic Seminars. He has taught at The George Washington University, the University of Cincinnati, and Johns Hopkins University.
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“This book has introduced the leverage mean concept and developed a leverage framework to analyse a wide range of economic, social, and political issues. … The book is quite philosophical and could be an eye-opener for many academics. The approach is innovative and results are appealing and interesting. It is very useful in motivating us to think about many social or political issues from a new angle for a better and deeper understanding.” (Steven Li, Economic Record, Vol. 92 (296), March, 2016)
- Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Introduction
Pages 3-34
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The Evolution of Real Estate Leverage
Pages 37-48
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The “Overleveraged” Crisis of 2008 from the Standpoint of Keynes’s Monetary Theory of Capitalism
Pages 49-65
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China Leveraged the West to Grow Its Economy and Its Comprehensive National Power
Pages 67-79
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The Morality of Leverage and the Leverage of Morality
Pages 83-93
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Leveraging
- Book Subtitle
- A Political, Economic and Societal Framework
- Editors
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- David M. Anderson
- Copyright
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Copyright Holder
- Springer International Publishing Switzerland
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-319-06094-1
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-319-06094-1
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-06093-4
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-37935-7
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XXIII, 197
- Number of Illustrations
- 3 illustrations in colour
- Topics
