Plunder and Blunder: The Rise and Fall of the Bubble Economy

For the second time this decade, the U.S. economy id sinking into a recession due to the collapse of a financial bubble. The most recent calamity will lead to a downturn deeper and longer than the stock market crash of 2001.

Dean Baker's Plunder and Blunder chronicles the growth and collapse of the stock and housing bubbles and explains how policy blunders and greed led to the catastrophic —but completely predictable —market meltdowns. An expert guide to recent economic history, Baker offers policy prescriptions to help prevent similar financial disasters.

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Plunder and Blunder: The Rise and Fall of the Bubble Economy

For the second time this decade, the U.S. economy id sinking into a recession due to the collapse of a financial bubble. The most recent calamity will lead to a downturn deeper and longer than the stock market crash of 2001.

Dean Baker's Plunder and Blunder chronicles the growth and collapse of the stock and housing bubbles and explains how policy blunders and greed led to the catastrophic —but completely predictable —market meltdowns. An expert guide to recent economic history, Baker offers policy prescriptions to help prevent similar financial disasters.

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Plunder and Blunder: The Rise and Fall of the Bubble Economy

Plunder and Blunder: The Rise and Fall of the Bubble Economy

by Dean Baker
Plunder and Blunder: The Rise and Fall of the Bubble Economy

Plunder and Blunder: The Rise and Fall of the Bubble Economy

by Dean Baker

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For the second time this decade, the U.S. economy id sinking into a recession due to the collapse of a financial bubble. The most recent calamity will lead to a downturn deeper and longer than the stock market crash of 2001.

Dean Baker's Plunder and Blunder chronicles the growth and collapse of the stock and housing bubbles and explains how policy blunders and greed led to the catastrophic —but completely predictable —market meltdowns. An expert guide to recent economic history, Baker offers policy prescriptions to help prevent similar financial disasters.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781459626300
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant, LLC
Publication date: 08/18/2011
Edition description: Large Print
Pages: 200
Product dimensions: 7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.42(d)

About the Author

Dean Baker is co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research in Washington DC. His weblog, “Beat the Press,” appears on the American Prospect website and features commentary on economic reporting.
Baker’s columns have appeared in many major media outlets, including the Atlantic Monthly, the Washington Post, and the London Financial Times. He is frequently cited in economics reporting in major media outlets, including the New York Times, the Washington Post, CNBC, and National Public Radio.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Introduction
1 How We Got Here
2 The Clinton Era and the Origins of the Stock Bubble
3 The Collapse of the Stock Bubble
4 The Beginnings of the Housing Bubble
5 The Final Collapse
6 Beyond the Bubble Economy
7 Learning from the Bubbles
Notes
Glossary
Acknowledgments
Index
About the Author

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