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Subject(s)

• Depressions—1929 [Browse]
• Economic policy—History—20th century [Browse]
• Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009 [Browse]
• Economic policy—History—21st century [Browse]

Summary note

• "A brilliantly conceived dual-track account of the two greatest economic crises of the last century and their consequences"-- Provided by publisher.
• "The Great Depression and the Great Recession are the two great economic crises of the past hundred years. While there are accounts of both episodes, no one has yet attempted a sustained comparative analysis. In Hall of Mirrors, Barry Eichengreen draws on his unparalleled expertise for a brilliantly conceived dual-track account of the two crises and their consequences. Rather than telling the stories of the two crises in sequence, instead he weaves them together. He describes the two bubble-fuelled build-ups, then the onset of crisis, the subsequent financial and economic and collapse, the policy response, and finally the recovery." -- From publisher's website.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Introduction
• Part I: The best of times
• New age economics
• Golden globe
• Competing on a violent scale
• By legislation or fiat
• Where credit is due
• Castles in Spain
• Part II: The worst of times
• Spent bullets
• The next leg down --On Europe's shores
• Will America topple too?
• Largely contained
• Scant evidence
• The spiral
• Fish or foul
• Part III: Toward better times
• Revival or reform
• Something for everyone
• Takahashi's revenge
• Dip again
• Preventing the worst
• Stressed and stimulated
• Unconventional policy
• Part IV: Avoiding the next time
• Wall Street and Main Street
• Normalization in an abnormal economy
• Making things as difficult as possible
• Men in black
• Euro or not
• Conclusion.

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ISBN

• 9780199392001 (hardback)
• 0199392005 (hardback)

LCCN

2014012098

OCLC

878299444

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