Financialization is a set of processes which has led to a financially-driven and commodified economy with rising inequality, tax avoidance, the lack of investment in infrastructure. This book discusses the causes and costs of financial crises, how financialization produces inequality and instability and the patterns of value extraction.

Financialization is a set of processes which has led to a financially-driven and commodified economy with rising inequality, tax avoidance, the lack of investment in infrastructure. This book discusses the causes and costs of financial crises, how financialization produces inequality and instability and the patterns of value extraction.