Hard times

Description:

"2008 was a watershed year for global finance. The banking system was eventually pulled back from the brink, but the world was saddled with the worst slump since the 1930s Depression, and millions were left unemployed. While numerous books have addressed the financial crisis, very little has been written about its social consequences. Journalist Tom Clark draws on the research of a transatlantic team led by Professors Anthony Heath and Robert D. Putnam to determine the great recession's toll on individuals, families, and community bonds in the United States and the United Kingdom. The ubiquitous metaphor of the crisis has been an all-encompassing "financial storm," but Clark argues that the data tracks the narrow path of a tornado--destroying some neighborhoods while leaving others largely untouched. In our vastly unequal societies, disproportionate suffering is being meted out to the poor--and the book's new analysis suggests that the scars left by unemployment and poverty will linger long after the economy recovers."--Publisher's description.

subjects: Soziale Ungleichheit,  Global Financial Crisis (2008-2009) fast (OCoLC)fst01755654,  Social aspects,  Finanzkrise,  Recession,  Finanskrisen 2008-2009,  Recessions,  Economic conditions,  Ekonomiska fo˜rhallanden,  Sociala aspekter,  Social conditions,  Sozialpolitik,  Weltwirtschaftskrise,  Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009,  Economic history,  Financial crises,  United states, economic conditions, 2009-,  United states, social conditions,  Great britain, economic conditions, 1945-,  Great britain, social conditions

Places: United States,  Gro©britannien,  Great Britain,  USA

Times: 2009-,  1997-