Boom and Bust Financial Cycles and Human Prosperity

Name: Boom and Bust Financial Cycles and Human Prosperity
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ISBN: 9780844743837

ISBN-10: 0844743836

ISBN-13: 9780844743837

Edition: 2010

Authors: Alex J. Pollock

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List price: $9.95
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
Publication date: 12/16/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 116
Size: 4.59" wide x 6.78" long x 0.35" tall
Weight: 0.220
Language: English



Foreword




Nothing New under the Financial Sun



The Disturbing Experience of Watching Your Friends Get Rich



All Too Human


The "Minsky Moment"



Panic


"Liquidity" and the Plank Curve



Bubbles and Economics: Confounding Isaac Newton


Is Economics a Science?



Did They Really Believe House Prices Couldn't Go Down?



A $5 Trillion Government Failure


Expanding "Access" to Mortgages: Be Careful What You Wish For


The GSE "Risk Turkey"



The Yin and Yang of Two Big Balance Sheets


The Price You Never Thought You'd Have to Pay


Everybody Can't Deleverage at Once


Bailouts


Bailout History Repeats


Taxpayers as Investors



The Golden Age of Government Regulation?


Sensible Improvements



Taking Risks, Taking Responsibility


Clear and Straightforward Information



Can You Regulate Systemic Risk When You Are the Systemic Risk?


A Systemic Risk Regulator?


A Systemic Risk Advisor


About the Authors


Endnotes