Cover -- Contents -- Figures -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part I: The roots of crisis capitalism -- 1. The rise of market liberalism -- The end of Bretton Woods and its consequences -- Weak left and strong right -- 2. Unleashing financial markets -- Breaking points in finance capitalism -- Shareholder capitalism's flawed logic -- The illusion of rationality -- 3. Global imbalances fuel global instability -- International capital flows as source of instability -- The United States as the battered hegemonic power -- Chinese mercantilism -- Destabilising imbalances in the European Monetary Union -- 4. Labour in the wakeof markets -- Labour in the face of paradigms -- Erosion of labour market institutions -- Increasing inequality -- The situation in the United States, Germany and China -- 5. The next stage of the crisis -- From private debt to sovereign debt -- How we moved away from the abyss -- Who rescues the rescuers? -- The danger of a long period of low growth -- Part II: The path to decent capitalism -- 6. Main features of a new economic model -- Focus on demand and green growth -- A financial system for growth and innovation -- More equitable income distribution -- Robust financing of state budgets -- Levels of regulation -- Markets as part and parcel of freedom -- 7. Resurrecting the public sector -- Governments' strategic spending -- Sources of solid government revenues -- More than just 'automatic stabilisers' -- Targeted measures beyond 'automatic stabilisation' -- 8. Revaluing Labour and Wages -- Macroeconomic needs for wage development -- Strengthening of wage bargaining and minimum wages -- Case Studies: the United States, Europe and China -- 9. Global finances need global management -- Restructuring of the financial system -- Reform of the global monetary and financial system -- Reform of corporate governance.

10. A new growth paradigm -- Why more GDP is still a worthwhile goal -- Reconciling economic growth and ecological sustainability -- A 'Green New Deal' -- What we can produce in the future -- More leisure time -- Conclusion: A new tale to tell -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.