The spectre at the feast : capitalist crisis and the politics of recession

This important new book by a leading authority sets the financial crisis of 2007/8 in historical context and assesses its global consequences, how far it might go, and what is to be done. It offers an in-depth and intellectually rigorous look at the current financial crisis and the history of capitalism's crises. Extremely accessible; Bernard Crick wrote of Gamble's style: 'It is...rare for a practicing political scientist to write so clearly and concisely for a general audience' - "The Independent" 30/5/2001. This important new book sets the financial crisis of 2007/8 in historical context and assesses its global consequences, the likelihood of it evolving into a full-blown crisis, and what is to be done.