Global Credit Crunch: Understanding the Fragility of Capitalism

The Global credit crunch, food crisis and oil crisis has once again highlighted the fragility of Capitalism, as the fallout from the credit crunch and the wider economic crisis continues, demands for alternatives are certain to grow.

The aim of this book is to scrutinize the causes of the current crisis and evaluate some concepts which go to the heart of Capitalism which will always cause such crisis. It will assess the various factors that have all contributed to the crisis and scrutinize why Capitalism regularly has economic crisis.

The Islamic view on such factors will be presented in the form of an Islamic economy under the Islamic System in order to show how Islam can bring the much needed stability the world needs.