The Status quo crisis : global financial governance after the 2008 financial meltdown / Eric Helleiner.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction and overview -- Was the G20 an effective new global crisis manager? -- Was the dollar's role as the world's key currency undermined? -- Was the market-friendly nature of international financial standards overturned? -- Was a new fourth pillar of global economic architecture created? -- What next?

The 2008 financial crisis was the worst since the Great Depression and many voices argued that it would transform global financial governance. But half a decade later, how much has really changed? In this book, the author surveys the landscape and argues that continuity has marked global financial governance more than dramatic transformation.