Meghnad Desai is Director of the Centre for the Study of Global Governance and Professor of Economics at the London School of Economics. He is also author of Marx's Revenge which was published in 2002.Yahia Said is a Research Officer at the Centre for the Study of Global Governance at the London School of Economics. He has also worked as a corporate finance consultant.

'This book combines theoretically oriented chapters with more applied ones. Ithis gives a broad picture on the topic ...[and]... there are plenty of evocative thoughts that may suggest further work.'- Vincente Cunat, Economica

• 1. Introduction Meghnad Desai and Yahia Said 2. Financial Crises and Global Governance Meghnad Desai 3. Asset Price Bubbles and Monetary Policy Franklin Allen and Douglas Gale 4. The International Monetary Fund: Past and Future Michel Aglietta 5. Regulating Global Finance: rival conceptions of world order Andrew Gamble 6. Crises, Recovery and Reforms in East Asia Jomo K.S. 7. Mexico, Korea and Brazil: three paths to financial crises

Meghnad Desai is Director of the Centre for the Study of Global Governance and Professor of Economics at the London School of Economics. He is also author of Marx's Revenge which was published in 2002.Yahia Said is a Research Officer at the Centre for the Study of Global Governance at the London School of Economics. He has also worked as a corporate finance consultant.

'This book combines theoretically oriented chapters with more applied ones. Ithis gives a broad picture on the topic ...[and]... there are plenty of evocative thoughts that may suggest further work.'- Vincente Cunat, Economica

• 1. Introduction Meghnad Desai and Yahia Said 2. Financial Crises and Global Governance Meghnad Desai 3. Asset Price Bubbles and Monetary Policy Franklin Allen and Douglas Gale 4. The International Monetary Fund: Past and Future Michel Aglietta 5. Regulating Global Finance: rival conceptions of world order Andrew Gamble 6. Crises, Recovery and Reforms in East Asia Jomo K.S. 7. Mexico, Korea and Brazil: three paths to financial crises

Meghnad Desai is Director of the Centre for the Study of Global Governance and Professor of Economics at the London School of Economics. He is also author of Marx's Revenge which was published in 2002.Yahia Said is a Research Officer at the Centre for the Study of Global Governance at the London School of Economics. He has also worked as a corporate finance consultant.

'This book combines theoretically oriented chapters with more applied ones. Ithis gives a broad picture on the topic ...[and]... there are plenty of evocative thoughts that may suggest further work.'- Vincente Cunat, Economica

• 1. Introduction Meghnad Desai and Yahia Said 2. Financial Crises and Global Governance Meghnad Desai 3. Asset Price Bubbles and Monetary Policy Franklin Allen and Douglas Gale 4. The International Monetary Fund: Past and Future Michel Aglietta 5. Regulating Global Finance: rival conceptions of world order Andrew Gamble 6. Crises, Recovery and Reforms in East Asia Jomo K.S. 7. Mexico, Korea and Brazil: three paths to financial crises