The Power of Money: Global Financial Markets, National Politics, and Social Determinants of Health

Schrecker, Ted

The Power of Money: Global Financial Markets, National Politics, and Social Determinants of Health

Schrecker, Ted

Authors

Ted Schrecker

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A. Kay
Editor

O. eds Williams
Editor

Abstract

“Financialization” has been identified as a dominant trend in the operation of many national economies, and especially the global economic system, over the past few decades (Epstein, 2005). Because of the consequences of the operations of today’s financial markets for social determinants of health (SDH) – the conditions of life and work that make it easy for some people to lead long and healthy lives, but all but impossible for others -- I argue that those though they do not operate through institutional frameworks analogous to the World Trade Organization, and often do not require formal coordination. markets must be understood as forms of ‘governance’ in the context of global health, even

Citation

Schrecker, T. (2009). The Power of Money: Global Financial Markets, National Politics, and Social Determinants of Health. In A. Kay, & O. E. Williams (Eds.), Global health governance : crisis, institutions and political economy (160-181). Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date	2009
Deposit Date	Jun 24, 2013
Publicly Available Date	Jul 11, 2013
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan
Pages	160-181
Book Title	Global health governance : crisis, institutions and political economy.
Chapter Number	7
Publisher URL	http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?pid=295403

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Ted Schrecker 'The power of money : global financial markets, national politics, and social determinants of health.', 2009, Palgrave Macmillan reproduced with permission of Palgrave Macmillan. This extract is taken from the author's original manuscript and has not been edited. The definitive, published, version of record is available here: http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?pid=295403