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01862aam a2200337Ia 4500 001 272615E828FB11E49E7A85DBDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20140821010440 008 101223s2011 mau b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 9780674060395 020 $a 0674060393 035 $a (OCoLC)694228268 040 $a YDXCP $b eng $c YDXCP $d NMH $d UKMGB $d BDX $d OCLCQ $d SILO 043 $a n-us--- 100 1 $a Posner, Richard A. 245 12 $a A failure of capitalism : $b the crisis of '08 and the descent into depression / $c Richard A. Posner. 260 $a Cambridge, Mass. : $b Harvard University Press, $c 2011. 300 $a xix, 346 p. ; $c 18 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. 333-336) and index. 505 0 $a The depression and its proximate causes -- The crisis in banking -- The underlying causes -- Why a depression was not anticipated -- The government responds -- A silver lining? -- What we are learning about capitalism and government -- The economics profession asleep at the switch -- Apportioning blame -- The way forward -- The future of conservatism. 520 $a From the Publisher: The financial and economic crisis that began in 2008 is the most alarming of our lifetime because of the warp-speed at which it began. A. Posner presents a concise and non-technical examination of this mother of all financial disasters and of the, as yet, stumbling efforts to cope with it. 650 0 $a Financial crises $z United States. 650 0 $a Depressions. 650 0 $a Capitalism. 651 0 $a United States $x Economic conditions $y 2001-2009. 651 0 $a United States $x Economic policy $y 2001-2009. 650 0 $a Economic history $y 21st century. 941 $a 2 952 $l YEPF572 $d 20200204052652.0 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20200110034729.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=272615E828FB11E49E7A85DBDAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search