TY - BOOK AU - Starr,M. ED - SpringerLink (Online service) TI - Consequences of Economic Downturn: Beyond the Usual Economics T2 - Perspectives from Social Economics, SN - 9780230118355 AV - HB172.5 U1 - 339 PY - 2011/// CY - New York PB - Palgrave Macmillan US, Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan KW - Macroeconomics KW - Economic theory KW - Labor economics KW - Regional economics KW - Spatial economics KW - Welfare economics KW - Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics KW - Economic Theory/Quantitative Economics/Mathematical Methods KW - Labor Economics KW - Regional/Spatial Science KW - Social Choice/Welfare Economics/Public Choice/Political Economy N2 - The 2007-09 financial crisis and economic downturn inflicted considerable hardship on the U.S. population. This book argues that the financial crisis and ensuing recession reflected not just a malfunctioning of the financial system - but also inequalities and insecurities in access to livelihoods that favor well-off groups and leave ordinary people shouldering undue burdens of downside risk. This book, a collection of original papers by leading social economists and scholars in related fields, examines social, distributional, and ethical dimensions of the downturn. It should be of broad interest to the social-science and economic-policy communities UR - https://s443-doi-org.br.lsproxy.net/10.1057/9780230118355 ER -