1. The 'not so global' crisis / Suzanne J. Konzelmann, Marc Fovargue-Davies and Olivier Butzbach -- 2. The return of 'financialized' liberal capitalism / Suzanne J. Konzelmann, Marc Fovargue-Davies and Frank Wilkinson -- 3. The United States : 'with freedom and liberty for all' / Saule Omarova ... [et al.] -- 4. The United Kingdom : Thatcherism : 'a heavy hand and a light touch' / Suzanne J. Konzelmann, Marc Fovargue-Davies and Frank Wilkinson -- 5. Ireland : crisis in the Irish banking system / Blanaid Clarke and Niamh Hardiman -- 6. New Zealand : staying in the black / James Lockhart -- 7. Canada : 'bank bashing' is a popular sport / Poonam Puri -- 8. Australia : economic liberalization and financialization : an introduction / Suzanne J. Konzelmann and Marc Fovargue-Davies -- 9. Australia versus the US and UK : the kangaroo economy / Steve Keen -- 10. Institutional foundations of the Anglo-Saxon banking systems : some are more liberal than others / Olivier Butzbach, Suzanne J. Konzelmann and Marc Fovargue-Davies -- 11. The 'ordoliberal' variety of neo-liberalism / Gerhard Schnyder and Mathias Siems -- 12. Conclusions / Suzanne J. Konzelmann and Marc Fovargue-Davies.