Includes bibliographical references (p. 333-336) and index.
Contents:
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.
Summary:
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.
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