Book description
An account of the significant though gradual, uneven, disconnected, ad hoc, and pragmatic innovations in global financial governance and developmental finance induced by the global financial crisis.
In When Things Don't Fall Apart, Ilene Grabel challenges the dominant view that the global financial crisis had little effect on global financialâŚ
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This book is a welcome antidote to the defeatism that results from a crisis-prone view of the world which is so easy to fall into today.
Grable argues that we should recognize that the rigid models that define a narrow âcorrectâ path to progress are inadequate. Instead, she puts forward the value of what she calls âunscriptedâ innovations and reminds the reader of the value of âmuddling throughâ and incremental change.
Grable shines a well-deserved light on earlier work by Hirschman and Lindblom. She combines an appreciation of the importance of ideas and the necessity of a high tolerance forâŚ
From Elizabeth's list on The best books about why international finance fails to deliver and what we can do about it.
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