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Synthesis and Distillation of Policy Issues: What Should Governments Do? The Global Financial Crisis as a Market and Government Failure

Asia-Pacific Social Science Review

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Title Synthesis and Distillation of Policy Issues: What Should Governments Do? The Global Financial Crisis as a Market and Government Failure
 
Creator Teehankee, Julio C; De La Salle University
 
Subject Finance; Social Science
global financial crisis, neoliberalism, market failure, liberalization, market fundamentalism, Philippine economy
 
Description Some of the current financial issues and problems besetting the world economies may be traced to the rise of neoliberalism in the 1980s which centered on free markets and free trade with the consequent less government regulation. Liberalization led to global prosperity and innovation after two decades but extreme market fundamentalism also contributed to the present financial crisis. Is the problem one of governance, of market failure or of people? It is all of these. Markets failed to allocate resources into an efficient manner; governments failed to curb the excesses of the markets. Policy analyses and the presentation of the speakers in the conference reveal that the possible solution is not limited to economics but should also include political adjustments in terms of policy pronouncements. There is a need to look into the equity issues, especially the safety nets of people who will be displaced by the ill effects of the financial crisis. A balance between politics, the experts, the players, the markets and everyone else is emphasized. Keywords: global financial crisis, neoliberalism, market failure, liberalization, market fundamentalism, Philippine economy
 
Publisher De La Salle University
 
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Date 2009-06-19
 
Type Peer-reviewed Article
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Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://www.philjol.info/philjol/index.php/APSSR/article/view/1065
10.3860/apssr.v9i1.1065
 
Source Asia-Pacific Social Science Review; Vol 9, No 1 (2009): Papers from the Sixth Secretary Alfonso Yuchengco Policy Conference; 85-90
 
Language en
 
Coverage Philippines; Global
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