London After Recession

Gavin Poynter, University of East London, UK, Iain MacRury, University of East London, UK and Andrew Calcut, University of East London, UK.

Introduction: A Fictitious Capital?; 1: Global Cities and Responses to Recession; 1: The Global Recession; 2: New York City's Economy: More than Wall Street?; 3: The Glittering Prizes of Shanghai; 4: Finance and Culture: Twin Towers in London's Lightness of Being; II: Financialisation and London's Economy; 5: Historic Transitions and Circuits in London's Financial Services; 6: Opening and Closing Spaces for Fictitious Capital: The State and Finance Capital in London; 7: London's Financial Services: After the Credit Crunch; 8: The Apprentice: Realities and Fictions for the London Skyline; 9: A Tale of Two Journalisms: Counteracting Tendencies in London's Media; 10: The Real Economy and the Regeneration of East London; 11: Energy; 12: Carbon Trading in the City of Undoing; 13: Music from the Storm Clouds: The Continuing Troubles of the Music Business; 14: Farewell Nathan Barley? The Rise and Decline of the Freelance Creative; 3: Mobility and Social Policy in London; 15: Overcoming the Limits to Travel; 16: Immigration and London's Economy; 17: The Housing Crisis; 18: The Health Service of the Future; 19: Hard Times for Higher Education: Knowledge Economy, Economies of Knowledge; 4: London's Future; 20: The Crisis of Fictitious Capital; 21: Toward a New Urban Economy?