Derivatives and Development: A Political Economy of Global Finance, Farming, and Poverty

Derivatives and Development: A Political Economy of Global Finance, Farming, and Poverty

by Sasha Breger Bush
Derivatives and Development: A Political Economy of Global Finance, Farming, and Poverty

Derivatives and Development: A Political Economy of Global Finance, Farming, and Poverty

by Sasha Breger Bush

Hardcover(2012)

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Overview

Breger Bush argues that derivatives markets work in the development context as engines of inequality and instability, aggravating poverty among those they are purported to help and highlighting some of the dangers of neoliberal globalization for the poor.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780230338920
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan US
Publication date: 06/27/2012
Edition description: 2012
Pages: 244
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.60(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

SASHA BREGER BUSH is a lecturer at the Josef Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver, USA.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Derivatives and Development: Contemporary Applications Chapter 3 Coffee, Derivatives and Income Security: Theory and Practice\ Chapter 4 Coffee, Derivatives and Poverty: A Global Commodity Chain Approach Chapter 5 Derivatives and the Politics of Alternatives Chapter 6 Conclusions
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