Financial Whirlpools A Systems Story of the Great Global Recession

"This work applies 'systems thinking' (drawing on insights from economics, psychology, philosophy, ethics, and management) in order to analyze the dynamics of the global economic crisis that began in 2008. Unlike linear thinking, the systems framework takes into account such dynamics as feedback Loops, Lags between decisions and actions, Limits to systems such as the economy, and Levers for applying change in the most effective manner." --Reference & Research Book News, December 2013

"This book delivers revealing insights about how systems theory can inform the way we think about financial systems. It has the power to change the way we think about economic crises." --Luke Houghton, Griffith University, Australia

"Financial Whirlpools insists that the economy must be studied as a complex whole that is capable of producing unexpected results and brings these insights to bear on the financial sector. The book is a welcome departure from the individualistic and mechanistic thinking that blinded a profession to the possibility of the recent financial crisis." --Mark Setterfield, Trinity College, US

"This book delivers revealing insights about how systems theory can inform the way we think about financial systems. It has the power to change the way we think about economic crises." --Luke Houghton, Griffith University, Australia "Financial Whirlpools insists that the economy must be studied as a complex whole that is capable of producing unexpected results and brings these insights to bear on the financial sector. The book is a welcome departure from the individualistic and mechanistic thinking that blinded a profession to the possibility of the recent financial crisis." --Mark Setterfield, Trinity College, US