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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453427903321

Autore

Norberg Johan <1973->

Titolo

Financial fiasco : how America's infatuation with homeownership and easy money created the economic crisis / / Johan Norberg

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC : , : Cato Institute, , 2009

ISBN

1-937184-08-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (228 p.)

Disciplina

330.973

Soggetti

Home ownership - Government policy - United States

Financial crises - United States - History - 21st century

Keynesian economics

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-177) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preemptive keynesianism -- Castles in the air -- How to build financial weapons of mass destruction -- Hurricane season -- Madly in all directions -- Tomorrow capitalism.

Sommario/riassunto

Now newly expanded, with a with a new chapter on the spreading global economic crisis, Financial Fiasco guides readers through a world of irresponsible behavior by consumers, decisionmakers in companies, government agencies, and political institutions.