A failure of capitalism : the crisis of '08 and the descent into depression /
Posner, Richard A.
A failure of capitalism : the crisis of '08 and the descent into depression / Richard A. Posner. - Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2009. - xix, 346 p. ; 19 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 333-336) and index.
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.
9780674035140 (alk. paper)
2009004723
Financial crises--United States.
Depressions.
Capitalism.
United States--Economic conditions--2001-2009.
United States--Economic policy--2001-2009.
HB3722 / .P67 2009
330.973
A failure of capitalism : the crisis of '08 and the descent into depression / Richard A. Posner. - Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2009. - xix, 346 p. ; 19 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 333-336) and index.
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.
9780674035140 (alk. paper)
2009004723
Financial crises--United States.
Depressions.
Capitalism.
United States--Economic conditions--2001-2009.
United States--Economic policy--2001-2009.
HB3722 / .P67 2009
330.973