Beschreibung:
The dominant approach to economic policy has so far failed to adequately address the pressing challenges the world faces today - extreme poverty, widespread joblessness and precarious employment, burgeoning inequality, and large scale environmental threats. This message was brought home forcibly by the 2008 global economic crisis.
1. The Radical Potential of Human Rights 2. The Human Rights Framework and Economic Policy 3. What Does Inequality Have to Do With Human Rights? 4. A Human Rights Approach to Government Spending and Taxation 5. Mobilizing Resources to Realize Rights: Debt, Aid, and Monetary Policy 6. Financialization, Credit Markets, and Human Rights 7. Extraterritorial Obligations, Human Rights and Economic Governance 8. Economic Crises and Human Rights 9. Conclusion