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The roller coaster economy : financial crisis, great recession, and the public option / Howard J. Sherman ; with John Miller and Paul Sherman.
- Title
- The roller coaster economy : financial crisis, great recession, and the public option / Howard J. Sherman ; with John Miller and Paul Sherman.
- Author
- Sherman, Howard J.
- Publication
- Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, c2010.
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- Description
- ix, 197 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Pt. 1. Problems of the Roller Coaster Economy -- 1. Boom, Bust, and Misery: The Curse of Capitalism -- 2. History of the Roller Coaster -- 3. How Unstable Is the American Economy? -- Pt. II. Diagnosing the Roller Coaster -- 4. The Income Gap -- 5. The Consumption Gap -- 6. The Housing Crisis -- 7. Investment and Profit -- 8. The Credit Balloon and the Financial Crisis -- 9. Government Spending and Taxes -- 10. The Trade Gap: How Boom and Bust Spread Around the Globe -- Pt. III. Diagnosis and Cure of the Roller Coaster Economy -- 11. How Violent Profit Swings Cause the Roller Coaster -- 12. The Public Option for Health and Jobs: How Democratization Can End the Business Cycle.
- ISBN
- 9780765625373 (alk. paper)
- 0765625377 (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2009032157
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries