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THINKING ABOUT THE FINANCIAL AND ECONOMIC CRISIS: SOME BRIEF NOTES ON ITS CAUSES AND REMEDIES

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 October 2009

Ricardo F. Crespo
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An economic crisis is an unexpected phenomenon with strong consequences for nations, institutions and people's wealth, habits, and behaviors. It departs from the ‘normal’ evolution of the affairs foreseen by economic theory. It makes the claim for new theoretical explanations. It surprises the economic agents (individuals, firms and governments) that try to ascertain what kind of phenomenon they are facing in order to decide the appropriate actions to undertake. It calls for revisions of theory, plans and expectations. Overall, a crisis calls for an explanation which clarifies its causes.

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Research Article
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Think , Volume 8 , Issue 23 , Autumn 2009 , pp. 97 - 103
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Copyright © The Royal Institute of Philosophy 2009

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1 I am indebted to Juliet Kunkel for stylistic corrections of a former version of the paper.