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Freefall : America, free markets, and the sinking of the world economy  Cover Image Book Book

Freefall : America, free markets, and the sinking of the world economy / Joseph E. Stiglitz.

Summary:

Explains how the United States exported bad economics, bad policies, and bad behavior to the rest of the world, only to provide a substandard response when the markets finally seized up.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780393075960 (hc)
  • ISBN: 9780393338959 (pbk)
  • Physical Description: xxx, 361 p ; 25 cm.
  • Edition: 1st ed.
  • Publisher: New York : W.W. Norton & Co., c2010.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [299]-361).
Formatted Contents Note:
The making of a crisis -- Freefall and its aftermath -- A flawed response -- The mortgage scam -- The great American robbery -- Avarice triumphs over prudence -- A new capitalist order -- From global recovery to global prosperity -- Reforming economics -- Toward a new society.
Subject: Financial crises > United States.
Finance > Government policy > United States.
Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009.
United States > Economic policy > 2001-2009.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Selkirk College.

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  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Circulation Modifier Holdable? Status Due Date Courses
Castlegar Campus Library HB 3722 S842 2010 (Text)
Copy: c. 1
B001268895 General Volume hold Available -


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