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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456890703321

Autore

Pollock Alex J

Titolo

Boom & bust [[electronic resource] ] : financial cycles and human prosperity / / Alex J. Pollock

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : AEI Press, 2011

ISBN

1-283-02949-9

9786613029492

0-8447-4384-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (107 p.)

Collana

Values and Capitalism

Disciplina

338.5/420973

Soggetti

Financial crises - United States - History

Finance - United States - History

Business cycles - United States - History

Electronic books.

United States Economic policy

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.

Nota di contenuto

Nothing new under the financial sun -- The disturbing experience of watching your friends get rich -- All too human -- Panic -- Bubbles and economics : confounding Isaac Newton -- Did they really believe house prices couldn't go down? -- A $5 trillion government failure -- The yin and yang of two big balance sheets -- The golden age of government regulation? -- Taking risks, taking responsibility -- Can you regulate systemic risk when you are the systemic risk?.

Sommario/riassunto

In Understanding Financial Crises, Alex J. Pollock explains that while economic downturns can be frightening and difficult, people living in free markets economies today enjoy greater health and longevity, have better access to basic necessities, are better educated, work less arduous jobs, and have more choices and wider horizons than human beings at any other point in history. This wonderful reality would not exist in the absence of financial cycles. This book explains why.