False Profits : Recovering from the Bubble Economy

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Baker, Dean.

Series:

0

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Finance--United States.

Financial crises--United States.

United States--Economic conditions--2009-.

United States--Economic policy--2009-.

Finance.

Financial crises.

United States.

Local Subjects:

Finance--United States.

Financial crises--United States.

United States--Economic conditions--2009-.

United States--Economic policy--2009-.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (184 p.)

Edition:

1st edition

Other Title:

Recovering from the bubble economy

Place of Publication:

San Francisco : Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2011.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Despite reports that the recession may be ending, the unemployment rate is sky high and home foreclosures are at record levels. It's no secret that the U.S. economy is in shambles because of the recent housing bubble. However, according to Dean Baker, Co-Director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research, the people who looked the other way as the eight trillion dollar housing bubble grew unchecked are trying to rewrite history by downplaying the impact of the bubble. In False Profits: Recovering from the Bubble Economy, he recounts the strategies used by the country's top economic policy

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Economic Collapse: It Is Their Fault; 2 Surveying the Damage; 3 The Terrible Tale of the TARP; 4 Will They Ever Discover the Housing Bubble?; 5 Stimulus: It Is Just Spending; 6 Real Stimulus: Progressive Programs to Boost the Economy; 7 Reforming the Financial System; 8 Remember the Housing Bubble!; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; L; M; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographic references and index.

ISBN:

9786613146649

9781283146647

1283146649

9781609944759

1609944755

OCLC:

733040217