Great Recession

In this fascinating character-driven history, a New York Times editorial writer and Pulitzer Prize finalist spotlights the American economists who championed the rise of markets and fundamentally reshaped the modern world....

One of the great economists of the 20th century, Milton Friedman has always challenged the prevailing economic orthodoxy....

Rajan shows how the individual choices that collectively brought about the economic meltdown were rational responses to a flawed global financial order....

Veteran New York Times economics reporter Edmund L. Andrews was intimately aware of the dangers posed by easy mortgages from fast-buck lenders....

The years since the Great Crisis of 2008 have seen slow growth, high unemployment, falling home values, chronic deficits, a deepening disaster in Europe....

The sub-prime mortgage crisis was only the beginning: a more profound economic and political restructuring was on the way. The astronomical leverage at investment banks with their hedge fund and private equity clients virtually guaranteed massive disruption in global markets....

Facts are presented that indicate serious problems are present in the U.S. financial system that directly affect the welfare of the U.S. and other ...

The definitive account of the crash of 1987, a cautionary tale of how the US financial system nearly collapsed....

Critically acclaimed author Clyde Prestowitz reveals the shocking extent of the deterioration of American economic strength....

Bad Money is the perfect follow-up to Phillips's last book, whose dire warnings are now proving frighteningly accurate....

Turk and Rubino are back to say that history is about to repeat....

According to Unintended Consequences, the conventional wisdom masks the real causes of our economic disruption....

Over the last generation, stable US institutions have given way to frictionless transactions, which are celebrated no matter what collateral damage they generate. The concentration of great wealth has coincided with the fraying of social ties and the rise of inequality....

Here is a bold new history of economics, the dramatic story of how the great economic thinkers built a rigorous social science without peer....

In October 2009, George Soros delivered a series of lectures at the Central European University that provided a broad overview of his thoughts on economics and politics....

The hidden history of Wall Street and the White House comes down to a single, powerful, quintessentially American concept: confidence....

The author of the widely praised Age of Greed now gives us a bold indictment of some of our most accepted economic theories - why they’re wrong, the harm they’ve done....

Discover the secret, yet predictable patterns of history they don’t teach you in school you, so you can safeguard your investments while positioning them for future returns....

Timely, compelling, and certain to be controversial - a deeply researched study that reveals how companies and policymakers are hindering innovation-led growth....

In 2008 the US Treasury put Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac into a life-support state known as "conservatorship" to prevent their failure - and worldwide economic chaos....