EPISODE · Jun 25, 2015
Greta Krippner on the Politics of Financial Crisis
from Office Hours · host Erik Kojola
University of Michigan professor Greta Krippner 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, describes the government’s role in supporting this system, even as it continues to spiral through periodic disaster. Download Office Hours #109
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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. Download Office Hours #109 [3] [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
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