Lessons from the current crisis for macro-theory and policy / Conventional views of the global crisis : a critical assessment / Global crisis and the governance of power in finance / Income distribution and borrowing : growth and financial balances in the US economy / Re-structuring the financial sector to reduce its burden on the economy / Regulate financial systems, or financial institutions? / Institutional investment and financial regulation : an international comparison / Rethinking the Lending of Last Resort function : a historical and contemporary perspective / Necessity of reforming the international monetary system / Neoliberalism, income distribution and the causes of the crisis