This book provides a timely warning of the dangers still present and building in the global economic system, whose frailty was exposed by the global financial crisis, and the Eurozone crisis it spawned. The contributors to this volume draw on SPERIs work on the political economy of growth, stagnation, austerity and crisis, and placing each in the context of the wider environmental crisis.

Colin Hay is Professor of Political Science at Sciences Po, France. He is  Affiliate Professor of Political Analysis and Founding Co-Director of SPERI at the University of Sheffield, UK. He is the author of a number of books includingCivic Capitalism,The Legacy of Thatcherism,The Failure of Anglo-Liberal Capitalism andThe Political Economy of European Welfare Capitalism. He is Co-Editor, alongside Anthony Payne, of theBuilding a Sustainable Political Economy: SPERI Research& Policy series.
Tom Hunt is Policy Research Officer at SPERI, the University of Sheffield, UK. He is Editor of the SPERI Comment blog, edits theSPERI British Political Economy Brief series and theGlobal Political Economy Brief series. He is the author of severalSPERI British Political EconomyBriefs.

Chapter 1. Introduction: The Coming Crisis, the Gathering Storm.- Chapter 2. We are Not in Kansas Anymore: Economic and Political Shocks.- Chapter 3. On The Other Crisis: Diagnosing the Socio-Ecological Crisis.- Chapter 4. Stagflation and the Shackles of Market Discipline.- Chapter 5. Can Global Governance Prevent the Coming Crisis?.- Chapter 6. The Coming and Current Crisis of Indecent Work.- Chapter 7. The Coming Crisis of Planetary Instability.- Chapter 8. The European Migrant Crisis and the Future of the European Project.- Chapter 9. The Paradox of Monetary Credibility.- Chapter 10. Enduring Imbalances in the Eurozone.- Chapter 11. Systemic Stabilization and a New Social Contract.- Chapter 12. Secular Stagnation: The New Normal for the UK?.- Chapter 13. China Crisis?.- Chapter 14. Conclusion: The Crisis gets Political.