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📉 Great Recession

Stories and analyses rooted in the 2008 financial crisis, exploring the systemic greed, regulatory failure, and human cost of an economy built on illusion.
Firefighting
by Ben S. Bernanke • 2019
Bernanke's 2008 account: the system nearly collapsed, and the tools that stopped it no longer exist.
3.83
978
🏦 Financial Crises🏛️ Central Banking⛓️ Systemic Risk
Firefighting Summary
Firefighting 91%
Bernanke's 2008 account: the system nearly collapsed, and the tools that stopped it no longer exist.
by Ben S. Bernanke 2019
3.83
978 ratings
🏦 Financial Crises🏛️ Central Banking⛓️ Systemic Risk
Bailout Nation
by Barry Ritholtz • 2009
Wall Street keeps the upside. Taxpayers eat the losses. How America rewrote the rules of capitalism.
3.87
572
🏦 Financial Crises💵 Monetary Policy🏠 Housing Bubbles
Bailout Nation Summary
Bailout Nation 91%
Wall Street keeps the upside. Taxpayers eat the losses. How America rewrote the rules of capitalism.
by Barry Ritholtz 2009
3.87
572 ratings
🏦 Financial Crises💵 Monetary Policy🏠 Housing Bubbles
Reckless Endangerment
by Gretchen Morgenson • 2011
Good intentions met Wall Street greed and captured regulators. The crisis was built to order.
3.96
2k+
🏦 Financial Crises⚖️ Regulatory Failure🏚️ Subprime Lending
Reckless Endangerment Summary
Reckless Endangerment 91%
Good intentions met Wall Street greed and captured regulators. The crisis was built to order.
by Gretchen Morgenson 2011
3.96
2k+ ratings
🏦 Financial Crises⚖️ Regulatory Failure🏚️ Subprime Lending
After the Music Stopped
by Alan S. Blinder • 2013
Two bubbles, forty-to-one leverage, and a rescue that saved the system but lost the public.
4.12
2k+
📉 Financial Crises📚 Economic History🏠 Housing Bubbles
After the Music Stopped Summary
After the Music Stopped 91%
Two bubbles, forty-to-one leverage, and a rescue that saved the system but lost the public.
by Alan S. Blinder 2013
4.12
2k+ ratings
📉 Financial Crises📚 Economic History🏠 Housing Bubbles
Not Working
by D.W. Gibson • 2012
What a paycheck conceals: Americans on the identity, health, and dignity that left with the job.
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60
🎙️ Oral History💸 Economic Precarity🔨 Work And Identity
Not Working Summary
Not Working 91%
What a paycheck conceals: Americans on the identity, health, and dignity that left with the job.
by D.W. Gibson 2012
3.68
60 ratings
🎙️ Oral History💸 Economic Precarity🔨 Work And Identity
Easy Money
by Vivek Kaul • 2015
A Ponzi scheme built on bad loans and fake ratings: how the 2008 crash really happened.
4.40
107
📉 Financial Crises🏚️ Subprime Mortgage Crisis🔗 Systemic Risk
Easy Money Summary
Easy Money 90%
A Ponzi scheme built on bad loans and fake ratings: how the 2008 crash really happened.
by Vivek Kaul 2015
4.40
107 ratings
📉 Financial Crises🏚️ Subprime Mortgage Crisis🔗 Systemic Risk
A Failure of Capitalism
by Richard A. Posner • 2009
The 2008 crash wasn't a panic; it was a depression built by rational bankers and blind regulators.
3.71
352
📉 Financial Crises🫧 Asset Bubbles🗂️ Deregulation
A Failure of Capitalism Summary
A Failure of Capitalism 90%
The 2008 crash wasn't a panic; it was a depression built by rational bankers and blind regulators.
by Richard A. Posner 2009
3.71
352 ratings
📉 Financial Crises🫧 Asset Bubbles🗂️ Deregulation
The New Great Depression
by James Rickards • 2021
A virus didn't cause this depression. The lockdown did, and a recovery isn't coming.
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🏛️ Austrian Economics🏦 Monetary Policy Critique📉 Deflation Economics
The New Great Depression Summary
The New Great Depression 90%
A virus didn't cause this depression. The lockdown did, and a recovery isn't coming.
by James Rickards 2021
3.52
1k+ ratings
🏛️ Austrian Economics🏦 Monetary Policy Critique📉 Deflation Economics
The Big Short
by Michael Lewis • 2010
Wall Street bet housing never falls. A few misfits read the fine print and won billions.
4.30
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🏦 Financial Crises🏠 Housing Bubble💰 Wall Street
The Big Short Summary
The Big Short 90%
Wall Street bet housing never falls. A few misfits read the fine print and won billions.
by Michael Lewis 2010
4.30
172k+ ratings
🏦 Financial Crises🏠 Housing Bubble💰 Wall Street
The End of Wall Street
by Roger Lowenstein • 2010
Wall Street's smartest minds bet the global economy on home loans that were designed to fail.
3.91
2k+
🏦 Financial Crises🏢 Wall Street🏠 Housing Bubble
The End of Wall Street Summary
The End of Wall Street 90%
Wall Street's smartest minds bet the global economy on home loans that were designed to fail.
by Roger Lowenstein 2010
3.91
2k+ ratings
🏦 Financial Crises🏢 Wall Street🏠 Housing Bubble
Meltdown
by Thomas E. Woods Jr. • 2009
The 2008 crash was a government failure, not a market one, and the bailout guarantees another.
4.08
2k+
🏛️ Austrian Economics📉 Financial Crises🏦 Central Banking
Meltdown Summary
Meltdown 90%
The 2008 crash was a government failure, not a market one, and the bailout guarantees another.
by Thomas E. Woods Jr. 2009
4.08
2k+ ratings
🏛️ Austrian Economics📉 Financial Crises🏦 Central Banking
Stress Test
by Timothy F. Geithner • 2014
An insider on why rescuing the economy costs the country politically, and why it's still necessary.
4.08
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📉 Financial Crises🚒 Crisis Management💰 Government Bailouts
Stress Test Summary
Stress Test 90%
An insider on why rescuing the economy costs the country politically, and why it's still necessary.
by Timothy F. Geithner 2014
4.08
5k+ ratings
📉 Financial Crises🚒 Crisis Management💰 Government Bailouts
The Undercover Economist Strikes Back
by Tim Harford • 2013
Recessions come in two kinds. The fix that cures one will destroy the other.
3.92
3k+
📊 Macroeconomics🏛️ Economic Policy📉 Recession Economics
The Undercover Economist Strikes Back Summary
The Undercover Economist Strikes Back 90%
Recessions come in two kinds. The fix that cures one will destroy the other.
by Tim Harford 2013
3.92
3k+ ratings
📊 Macroeconomics🏛️ Economic Policy📉 Recession Economics
The Sellout
by Charles Gasparino • 2009
Two outsiders invented a bond that made Wall Street billions, then destroyed the entire system.
3.92
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🧨 Financial Crises🗽 Wall Street History🏠 Mortgage Bonds
The Sellout Summary
The Sellout 90%
Two outsiders invented a bond that made Wall Street billions, then destroyed the entire system.
by Charles Gasparino 2009
3.92
302 ratings
🧨 Financial Crises🗽 Wall Street History🏠 Mortgage Bonds
The Federal Reserve and the Financial Crisis
by Ben S. Bernanke • 2013
What the Fed chair learned from the Great Depression that saved the global economy in 2008.
4.16
451
🏦 Central Banking💰 Monetary Policy📉 Financial Crises
The Federal Reserve and the Financial Crisis Summary
The Federal Reserve and the Financial Crisis 90%
What the Fed chair learned from the Great Depression that saved the global economy in 2008.
by Ben S. Bernanke 2013
4.16
451 ratings
🏦 Central Banking💰 Monetary Policy📉 Financial Crises
Crisis Economics
by Nouriel Roubini • 2010
Financial crises are not rare. They are predictable, systemic, and already brewing again.
3.84
3k+
💥 Financial Crises🌐 Global Finance⚠️ Systemic Risk
Crisis Economics Summary
Crisis Economics 90%
Financial crises are not rare. They are predictable, systemic, and already brewing again.
by Nouriel Roubini 2010
3.84
3k+ ratings
💥 Financial Crises🌐 Global Finance⚠️ Systemic Risk
When the Money Runs Out
by Stephen D. King • 2013
Western prosperity was a loan, not a promise. The stagnation now is structural, not a phase.
3.63
206
📉 Economic Stagnation⚖️ Global Imbalances💸 Financial Crises
When the Money Runs Out Summary
When the Money Runs Out 90%
Western prosperity was a loan, not a promise. The stagnation now is structural, not a phase.
by Stephen D. King 2013
3.63
206 ratings
📉 Economic Stagnation⚖️ Global Imbalances💸 Financial Crises
Crashed
by Adam Tooze • 2018
The 2008 crash was a transatlantic bank run, and what it really broke was politics, not markets.
4.29
4k+
💥 Financial Crises🏦 Central Banking🏛️ Political Economy
Crashed Summary
Crashed 90%
The 2008 crash was a transatlantic bank run, and what it really broke was politics, not markets.
by Adam Tooze 2018
4.29
4k+ ratings
💥 Financial Crises🏦 Central Banking🏛️ Political Economy
This Time Is Different
by Carmen M. Reinhart • 2009
Believing your boom is different is the oldest financial mistake. Eight centuries of data prove it.
3.76
7k+
💥 Financial Crises📜 Economic History🏛️ Financial History
This Time Is Different Summary
This Time Is Different 90%
Believing your boom is different is the oldest financial mistake. Eight centuries of data prove it.
by Carmen M. Reinhart 2009
3.76
7k+ ratings
💥 Financial Crises📜 Economic History🏛️ Financial History
Bull by the Horns
by Sheila Bair • 2012
She buried the banks Washington wanted saved. The FDIC chair's account of the 2008 bailout wars.
3.91
494
🏦 Financial Regulation🎭 Regulatory Capture🏛️ Too Big To Fail
Bull by the Horns Summary
Bull by the Horns 90%
She buried the banks Washington wanted saved. The FDIC chair's account of the 2008 bailout wars.
by Sheila Bair 2012
3.91
494 ratings
🏦 Financial Regulation🎭 Regulatory Capture🏛️ Too Big To Fail
The Greatest Trade Ever
by Gregory Zuckerman • 2009
Wall Street's most profitable trade was betting on its collapse. The man who saw it coming.
4.07
8k+
🏠 Housing Bubble📉 Financial Crisis🔮 Contrarian Investing
The Greatest Trade Ever Summary
The Greatest Trade Ever 90%
Wall Street's most profitable trade was betting on its collapse. The man who saw it coming.
by Gregory Zuckerman 2009
4.07
8k+ ratings
🏠 Housing Bubble📉 Financial Crisis🔮 Contrarian Investing
The Only Game in Town
by Mohamed El-Erian • 2016
Central banks saved the economy, then overreached. The road ahead now forks toward opposing futures.
3.56
1k+
🏦 Central Banking🌐 Global Economy📉 Financial Crisis
The Only Game in Town Summary
The Only Game in Town 90%
Central banks saved the economy, then overreached. The road ahead now forks toward opposing futures.
by Mohamed El-Erian 2016
3.56
1k+ ratings
🏦 Central Banking🌐 Global Economy📉 Financial Crisis
Freefall
by Joseph E. Stiglitz • 2010
The 2008 crash was a crisis of economic ideas, not just banks. The ideas are still orthodox.
3.88
4k+
📉 Financial Crises🏛️ Economic Policy⚖️ Market Regulation
Freefall Summary
Freefall 90%
The 2008 crash was a crisis of economic ideas, not just banks. The ideas are still orthodox.
by Joseph E. Stiglitz 2010
3.88
4k+ ratings
📉 Financial Crises🏛️ Economic Policy⚖️ Market Regulation
The New Paradigm for Financial Markets
by George Soros • 2008
Markets amplify extremes. 2008 was the bill for a decades-long credit binge.
3.42
2k+
📉 Financial Crises🫧 Asset Bubbles⚠️ Market Instability
The New Paradigm for Financial Markets Summary
The New Paradigm for Financial Markets 90%
Markets amplify extremes. 2008 was the bill for a decades-long credit binge.
by George Soros 2008
3.42
2k+ ratings
📉 Financial Crises🫧 Asset Bubbles⚠️ Market Instability
It Takes a Pillage
by Nomi Prins • 2009
Bankers designed the crisis. Government paid the tab. The $13 trillion bill landed on your desk.
3.96
195
🏦 Investment Banking💰 Government Bailouts🏢 Too Big To Fail
It Takes a Pillage Summary
It Takes a Pillage 90%
Bankers designed the crisis. Government paid the tab. The $13 trillion bill landed on your desk.
by Nomi Prins 2009
3.96
195 ratings
🏦 Investment Banking💰 Government Bailouts🏢 Too Big To Fail
The Return of Depression Economics and the Crisis of 2008
by Paul Krugman • 2008
2008 was not new. It was Japan's lost decade and Asia's meltdown, repeated.
3.83
9k+
🚨 Financial Crises🌐 Global Finance🏦 Shadow Banking
The Return of Depression Economics and the Crisis of 2008 Summary
The Return of Depression Economics and the Crisis of 2008 90%
2008 was not new. It was Japan's lost decade and Asia's meltdown, repeated.
by Paul Krugman 2008
3.83
9k+ ratings
🚨 Financial Crises🌐 Global Finance🏦 Shadow Banking
1929
by Andrew Ross Sorkin • 2025
A $255-a-month prosecutor took down Wall Street. The 1929 crash was never about greed.
4.16
31k+
🏛️ Financial History📉 Stock Market Crashes🏦 Wall Street History
1929 Summary
1929 90%
A $255-a-month prosecutor took down Wall Street. The 1929 crash was never about greed.
by Andrew Ross Sorkin 2025
4.16
31k+ ratings
🏛️ Financial History📉 Stock Market Crashes🏦 Wall Street History
Can We Avoid Another Financial Crisis?
by Steve Keen • 2017
When private debt passes 150% of GDP, a crisis is coming. Most economists won't see it.
4.22
281
💥 Financial Crises💳 Private Debt🏦 Endogenous Money
Can We Avoid Another Financial Crisis? Summary
Can We Avoid Another Financial Crisis? 90%
When private debt passes 150% of GDP, a crisis is coming. Most economists won't see it.
by Steve Keen 2017
4.22
281 ratings
💥 Financial Crises💳 Private Debt🏦 Endogenous Money
Boomerang
by Michael Lewis • 2011
A country-by-country tour of the financial crisis, where the deepest debts were cultural.
3.90
48k+
🏦 Financial Crises🌍 Global Finance📰 Financial Journalism
Boomerang Summary
Boomerang 90%
A country-by-country tour of the financial crisis, where the deepest debts were cultural.
by Michael Lewis 2011
3.90
48k+ ratings
🏦 Financial Crises🌍 Global Finance📰 Financial Journalism
Predator Nation
by Charles Ferguson • 2012
The 2008 crash was no accident; it was a crime, and the perpetrators run the country.
4.11
491
🏦 Financial Crises🏛️ Regulatory Capture📉 Income Inequality
Predator Nation Summary
Predator Nation 90%
The 2008 crash was no accident; it was a crime, and the perpetrators run the country.
by Charles Ferguson 2012
4.11
491 ratings
🏦 Financial Crises🏛️ Regulatory Capture📉 Income Inequality
Essays on the Great Depression
by Ben S. Bernanke • 2000
Monetary collapse caused the Depression, and only abandoning the gold standard brought recovery.
3.77
133
🏛️ Economic History💰 Monetary Economics🥇 Gold Standard
Essays on the Great Depression Summary
Essays on the Great Depression 90%
Monetary collapse caused the Depression, and only abandoning the gold standard brought recovery.
by Ben S. Bernanke 2000
3.77
133 ratings
🏛️ Economic History💰 Monetary Economics🥇 Gold Standard
Aftermath
by Rickards James • 2019
Central banks buried 2008 in printed money. The real crash comes when the printing stops.
4.09
676
🏦 Financial Crises🏛️ Central Banking⚠️ Systemic Risk
Aftermath Summary
Aftermath 90%
Central banks buried 2008 in printed money. The real crash comes when the printing stops.
by Rickards James 2019
4.09
676 ratings
🏦 Financial Crises🏛️ Central Banking⚠️ Systemic Risk
The Bankers' New Clothes
by Anat Admati • 2013
The simple fix for the next financial crisis: make banks use 20% equity, not 2%.
3.83
776
🏦 Banking Regulation🐍 Regulatory Capture🏛️ Too Big To Fail
The Bankers' New Clothes Summary
The Bankers' New Clothes 90%
The simple fix for the next financial crisis: make banks use 20% equity, not 2%.
by Anat Admati 2013
3.83
776 ratings
🏦 Banking Regulation🐍 Regulatory Capture🏛️ Too Big To Fail
Day of Reckoning
by Benjamin M. Friedman • 1989
The 1980s turned America's prosperity into a mortgage, with the next generation as collateral.
3.38
13
🏛️ Fiscal Policy⚖️ Political Economy💸 National Debt
Day of Reckoning Summary
Day of Reckoning 90%
The 1980s turned America's prosperity into a mortgage, with the next generation as collateral.
by Benjamin M. Friedman 1989
3.38
13 ratings
🏛️ Fiscal Policy⚖️ Political Economy💸 National Debt
A Nation of Deadbeats
by Scott Reynolds Nelson • 2012
American booms and busts trace to borrowed optimism meeting foreign distrust.
3.69
136
📜 American Economic History📉 Financial Panics🫧 Speculative Bubbles
A Nation of Deadbeats Summary
A Nation of Deadbeats 89%
American booms and busts trace to borrowed optimism meeting foreign distrust.
by Scott Reynolds Nelson 2012
3.69
136 ratings
📜 American Economic History📉 Financial Panics🫧 Speculative Bubbles
A Template for Understanding Big Debt Crises
by Ray Dalio • 2018
Debt crises are predictable. They follow a template, and the policy playbook is four moves.
4.35
3k+
💰 Financial Crises🏦 Central Banking📉 Monetary Policy
A Template for Understanding Big Debt Crises Summary
A Template for Understanding Big Debt Crises 89%
Debt crises are predictable. They follow a template, and the policy playbook is four moves.
by Ray Dalio 2018
4.35
3k+ ratings
💰 Financial Crises🏦 Central Banking📉 Monetary Policy
The Lords of Easy Money
by Christopher Leonard • 2022
The Fed printed trillions and gave them to Wall Street first, calling the inequality an accident.
4.32
3k+
🏦 Central Banking🏛️ Federal Reserve🫧 Asset Bubbles
The Lords of Easy Money Summary
The Lords of Easy Money 89%
The Fed printed trillions and gave them to Wall Street first, calling the inequality an accident.
by Christopher Leonard 2022
4.32
3k+ ratings
🏦 Central Banking🏛️ Federal Reserve🫧 Asset Bubbles
Boom Bust
by Fred Harrison • 1999
Land speculation drives the 18-year boom-bust cycle. The next crash already builds.
3.95
38
🏠 Land Economics🫧 Housing Bubbles📉 Boom-Bust Cycles
Boom Bust Summary
Boom Bust 89%
Land speculation drives the 18-year boom-bust cycle. The next crash already builds.
by Fred Harrison 1999
3.95
38 ratings
🏠 Land Economics🫧 Housing Bubbles📉 Boom-Bust Cycles
Who Stole the American Dream?
by Hedrick Smith • 2012
One 1971 memo mobilized business for political combat. The middle class never recovered.
4.19
874
🏛️ Political Economy🏢 Corporate Power📉 Middle Class Decline
Who Stole the American Dream? Summary
Who Stole the American Dream? 89%
One 1971 memo mobilized business for political combat. The middle class never recovered.
by Hedrick Smith 2012
4.19
874 ratings
🏛️ Political Economy🏢 Corporate Power📉 Middle Class Decline
House of Cards
by William D. Cohan • 2009
A Wall Street titan on Wednesday, a two-dollar stock on Sunday: the unraveling of Bear Stearns.
3.94
7k+
📆 2008 Financial Crisis🥂 Wall Street Culture🏦 Investment Banks
House of Cards Summary
House of Cards 89%
A Wall Street titan on Wednesday, a two-dollar stock on Sunday: the unraveling of Bear Stearns.
by William D. Cohan 2009
3.94
7k+ ratings
📆 2008 Financial Crisis🥂 Wall Street Culture🏦 Investment Banks
How the Other Half Banks
by Mehrsa Baradaran • 2015
Banks get public support but exclude the poor. The public option that restores the social contract.
4.09
626
🏦 Banking History📜 Financial Regulation🇺🇸 Us Economic Policy
How the Other Half Banks Summary
How the Other Half Banks 89%
Banks get public support but exclude the poor. The public option that restores the social contract.
by Mehrsa Baradaran 2015
4.09
626 ratings
🏦 Banking History📜 Financial Regulation🇺🇸 Us Economic Policy
Broke, USA
by Gary Rivlin • 2010
How pawnshops and payday lenders turned the working poor into a multi-billion dollar market.
3.71
1k+
🦈 Predatory Lending🏚️ Poverty Economics🚪 Financial Exclusion
Broke, USA Summary
Broke, USA 89%
How pawnshops and payday lenders turned the working poor into a multi-billion dollar market.
by Gary Rivlin 2010
3.71
1k+ ratings
🦈 Predatory Lending🏚️ Poverty Economics🚪 Financial Exclusion
Too Big to Fail
by Gary H. Stern • 2004
Policymakers always blink when big banks teeter. The fix borrows from how Volcker broke inflation.
3.60
25
🏦 Banking Regulation📉 Financial Crises⚠️ Moral Hazard
Too Big to Fail Summary
Too Big to Fail 89%
Policymakers always blink when big banks teeter. The fix borrows from how Volcker broke inflation.
by Gary H. Stern 2004
3.60
25 ratings
🏦 Banking Regulation📉 Financial Crises⚠️ Moral Hazard
The Alchemy of Finance
by George Soros • 1987
Markets are never in equilibrium. Perception and reality interact, driving booms and busts.
3.75
5k+
💥 Financial Crises🏛️ Central Banking🧠 Behavioral Economics
The Alchemy of Finance Summary
The Alchemy of Finance 89%
Markets are never in equilibrium. Perception and reality interact, driving booms and busts.
by George Soros 1987
3.75
5k+ ratings
💥 Financial Crises🏛️ Central Banking🧠 Behavioral Economics
Manias, Panics, and Crashes
by Charles P. Kindleberger • 1978
Credit expands, speculation takes over, fraud blooms, then the crash. Four centuries, one pattern.
3.93
4k+
📉 Financial Crises🫧 Bubble Economics🧠 Market Psychology
Manias, Panics, and Crashes Summary
Manias, Panics, and Crashes 89%
Credit expands, speculation takes over, fraud blooms, then the crash. Four centuries, one pattern.
by Charles P. Kindleberger 1978
3.93
4k+ ratings
📉 Financial Crises🫧 Bubble Economics🧠 Market Psychology
A Colossal Failure of Common Sense
by Lawrence G. McDonald • 2009
Lehman borrowed forty to one, bet on housing, and fired everyone who saw the crash coming.
3.91
3k+
🏦 Wall Street💼 Investment Banking📉 2008 Financial Crisis
A Colossal Failure of Common Sense Summary
A Colossal Failure of Common Sense 89%
Lehman borrowed forty to one, bet on housing, and fired everyone who saw the crash coming.
by Lawrence G. McDonald 2009
3.91
3k+ ratings
🏦 Wall Street💼 Investment Banking📉 2008 Financial Crisis
Capitalizing on Crisis
by Greta R. Krippner • 2011
Financialization was no blueprint. It was the state’s accidental escape from a crisis of legitimacy.
4.35
181
🏛️ Political Economy📜 Financial History📉 Financial Deregulation
Capitalizing on Crisis Summary
Capitalizing on Crisis 89%
Financialization was no blueprint. It was the state’s accidental escape from a crisis of legitimacy.
by Greta R. Krippner 2011
4.35
181 ratings
🏛️ Political Economy📜 Financial History📉 Financial Deregulation
Hall of Mirrors
by Barry Eichengreen • 2014
History saved us from the Great Depression but steered us straight into the Great Recession.
4.01
296
📉 Financial Crises📜 Economic History💵 Monetary Policy
Hall of Mirrors Summary
Hall of Mirrors 89%
History saved us from the Great Depression but steered us straight into the Great Recession.
by Barry Eichengreen 2014
4.01
296 ratings
📉 Financial Crises📜 Economic History💵 Monetary Policy
GDP
by Diane Coyle • 2014
GDP was built for counting tanks and factories, not software, services, or a livable planet.
3.65
816
📏 Economic Measurement📜 Economic History🏛️ Macroeconomic Policy
GDP Summary
GDP 89%
GDP was built for counting tanks and factories, not software, services, or a livable planet.
by Diane Coyle 2014
3.65
816 ratings
📏 Economic Measurement📜 Economic History🏛️ Macroeconomic Policy
Can "It" Happen Again?
by Hyman P. Minsky • 1982
Stability plants the seeds of crisis: why capitalism's calmest moments are its most dangerous.
4.31
52
🏛️ Post-Keynesian Economics📉 Financial Crises🎲 Speculative Finance
Can "It" Happen Again? Summary
Can "It" Happen Again? 89%
Stability plants the seeds of crisis: why capitalism's calmest moments are its most dangerous.
by Hyman P. Minsky 1982
4.31
52 ratings
🏛️ Post-Keynesian Economics📉 Financial Crises🎲 Speculative Finance
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