Boom and Bust Banking: The Causes and Cures of the Great Recession
- ISBN-10
- 1598130765
- ISBN-13
- 9781598130768
- Category
- Business & Economics
- Pages
- 372
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2012
- Publisher
- Independent Inst
- Author
- David M. Beckworth
Description
Exploring the forceful renewal of the boom-and-bust cycle after several decades of economic stability, this book is a research-based review of the factors that caused the 2008 recession. It offers cutting-edge diagnoses of the recession and prescriptions on how to boost the economy from leading economists. The book concentrates on the Federal Reserve and its leading role in creating the economic boom and recession of the 2000s. Aimed at professional economists and readers well versed in the basic workings of the economy, it includes innovative proposals on how to avoid future boom-and-bust cycles.
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