Title Information
HB3722.P84 2009
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Book
TITLE:
A failure of capitalism : the crisis of '08 and the descent into depression / Richard A. Posner.
AUTHOR:
Posner, Richard A.
PUBLISHED:
Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2009.
DESCRIPTION:
xix, 346 p. ; 19 cm.
NOTES:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 333-336) and index.
NOTES:
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 --
NOTES:
Apportioning blame --The way forward -- The future of conservatism.
SUBJECT:
Financial crises--United States.
SUBJECT:
Depressions.
SUBJECT:
Capitalism.
SUBJECT:
United States--Economic conditions --2001-2009.
SUBJECT:
United States --Economic policy--2001-2009.
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