General Information

Author/Creator

Turner, Adair, 1955- author.

Language

English.

Published

Princeton ; Oxford : Princeton University Press, 2016.

Physical Description

xiv, 302 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Contents/Summary

Summary

"Adair Turner became chairman of Britain's Financial Services Authority just as the global financial crisis struck in 2008, and he played a leading role in redesigning global financial regulation. In this eye-opening book, he sets the record straight about what really caused the crisis. It didn't happen because banks are too big to fail--our addiction to private debt is to blame. Between Debt and the Devil challenges the belief that we need credit growth to fuel economic growth, and that rising debt is okay as long as inflation remains low. In fact, most credit is not needed for economic growth--but it drives real estate booms and busts and leads to financial crisis and depression. Turner explains why public policy needs to manage the growth and allocation of credit creation, and why debt needs to be taxed as a form of economic pollution. Banks need far more capital, real estate lending must be restricted, and we need to tackle inequality and mitigate the relentless rise of real estate prices. Turner also debunks the big myth about fiat money--the erroneous notion that printing money will lead to harmful inflation. To escape the mess created by past policy errors, we sometimes need to monetize government debt and finance fiscal deficits with central-bank money. Between Debt and the Devil shows why we need to reject the assumption that private credit is essential to growth and fiat money is inevitably dangerous. Each has its advantages, and each creates risks that public policy must consciously balance. "--

Subjects

Subject

International finance.

Finance.

Financial institutions.

Credit.

Financial crises.

Monetary policy.

Economic policy.

Bibliographic Information

Responsibility

Adair Turner.

Library Special Collection

HU OSA 207 - Donation of the Open Society Institute-Budapest

ISBN

9780691169644

0691169640

Holdings

Item Type	Current Location	Collection	Call Number	Volume Info	Shelving Location	Public Note
Book	OSA Archivum Library	General collection	332/.042 TUR		OSA Repository	-

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