TY - BOOK AU - Krippner, Greta R. TI - Capitalizing on crisis: the political origins of the rise of finance SN - 9780674050846 U1 - 332.0973 PY - 2011/// CY - Cambridge PB - Harvard University Press KW - Finance - United States KW - Financial services industry - United States KW - Monetary policy - United States KW - United States - Economic conditions - 2001-2009 N2 - In the context of the recent financial crisis, the extent to which the U.S. economy has become dependent on financial activities has been made abundantly clear. In Capitalizing on Crisis, Greta Krippner traces the longer-term historical evolution that made the rise of finance possible, arguing that this development rested on a broader transformation of the U.S. economy than is suggested by the current preoccupation with financial speculation. (http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?recid=30892) ER -