| Description |
x, 252 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Machine generated contents note: 1.Introduction -- Pt. I Evolution of the Modern Economic System -- 2.The Beauty (and the Beast) of Free Markets -- 3.The Post-Industrial Revolution and the Transforming Economies -- Pt. II Creation of the Consumer-Investor -- 4.The Anatomy of a Train Wreck -- 5.Get Your Money for Nothing and Your Kicks for Free -- 6.The World Threw a Party -- Pt. III An Emerging New World -- 7.When I'm 64 -- 8.Progress Marches On -- 9.Fill 'Er Up -- 10.Gold, Oil, and Dollars, and the Decline of an Economic Superpower -- Pt. IV Banks and Central Banking -- 11.Too Clever by One Half -- 12.Who's Minding the Store? -- 13.Who Spiked the Punchbowl? -- 14.Who Stole the Punchbowl? -- 15.Seems that We Have a Failure to Coordinate -- 16.The Timely Death of Supply Side Economics -- Pt. V Financial Failures -- 17.The Higher You Go, the Farther You Fall -- 18.America Sneezes and the World Catches a Cold -- 19.Asleep at the Switch -- |
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Contents note continued: 20.The Bigger You Are, the Softer You Fall -- 21.It's Downright Criminal -- 22.Somebody's Hedging -- 23.Markets and Technology - The Great Enabler or the Great Disabler? -- Pt. VI Politics and Perceptions -- 24.Panics, Politics, and the Media -- 25.The Only Thing We Have to Fear is Fear Itself -- 26.Do Stimulus Packages Work? -- 27.When Politics Gets in the Way of Good Ole' Common Sense -- 28.The Taxman Cometh -- 29.An Educated Global Citizen -- 30.Let's Build a Better Mousetrap -- 31.Conclusions -- 32.Epilogue |
| Summary |
In easy to understand terms and journalistic style, Read describes the reasons for global financial unrest arising from the sub-prime mortgage crisis and economic meltdowns. He walks the reader through a number of topics in economics and connects these topics to real world financial problems concluding with recommendations for the future |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 245-248 |
| Subject |
Finance.
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Monetary policy.
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Financial crises -- Prevention.
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Financial crises -- Forecasting.
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International economic relations.
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International finance.
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Economic policy.
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| LC no. |
2008029930 |
| ISBN |
9780230222182 |
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