How markets fail : the logic of economic calamities /
Cassidy, John, 1963-
How markets fail : the logic of economic calamities / - 1st ed. - New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2009. - viii, 390 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 347-370) and index.
Warnings ignored -- The invisible hand -- Prices as signals -- Perfect markets -- Proof positive? -- The evangelist -- Efficient markets -- Lucasian economics -- "The prof and the polar bears" -- A taxonomy of failure -- The prisoner's dilemma -- The market for lemons -- The beauty contest -- The rational herd -- Enter the pyschologists -- The irrational herd -- Ponzi finance -- The fountainhead -- The housing boom -- Subprime delusions -- TK -- TK.
9780374173203
2009029529
Financial crises.
Stock exchanges.
Monetary policy.
Banks and banking.
HB3722 / .C37 2009
381
How markets fail : the logic of economic calamities / - 1st ed. - New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2009. - viii, 390 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 347-370) and index.
Warnings ignored -- The invisible hand -- Prices as signals -- Perfect markets -- Proof positive? -- The evangelist -- Efficient markets -- Lucasian economics -- "The prof and the polar bears" -- A taxonomy of failure -- The prisoner's dilemma -- The market for lemons -- The beauty contest -- The rational herd -- Enter the pyschologists -- The irrational herd -- Ponzi finance -- The fountainhead -- The housing boom -- Subprime delusions -- TK -- TK.
9780374173203
2009029529
Financial crises.
Stock exchanges.
Monetary policy.
Banks and banking.
HB3722 / .C37 2009
381