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A failure of capitalism : the crisis of '08 and the descent into depression / Richard A. Posner.

By: Publication details: Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, 2009.Description: xix, 346 p. ; 19 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780674035140 (cloth) :
  • 0674035143 :
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HB3722 .P67 2009
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.

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.

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