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This course will systematically analyze causes and consequences of recurrent financial crises in recent history. These financial crises will be shown to result from three intertwined historical developments: growing income inequality, the free market ideology and concentration of economic power. The calamitous social outcomes of financial crises such as unemployment and bankruptcies will also be discussed.