Throughout history, rich and poor countries alike have been lending, borrowing, crashing--and recovering--their way throughout an extraordinary range of financial crises. Every time, the experts have chimed, "this time is different"--claiming this the old rules of valuation no longer apply and this the new situation bears little similarity to past ...
Raghuram Rajan was one of the few economists who warned of the global financial crisis before it hit. Now, as the world struggles to recover, it's tempting to blame what happened on just a few greedy bankers who took irrational risks and left the rest of us to foot the bill. In Fault Lines, Rajan argues this serious flaws in the economy ...
The bestselling, landmark work of undercover reportage, now updated
Acclaimed as an instantaneous classic upon publication, Nickel and Dimed has sold extra than 1.5 million copies and become a staple of classroom reading. Chosen for one book” initiatives across the country, it has fueled nationwide campaigns for a living ...