 | What Caused the Financial Crisis Subjects: Financial crises -- United States -- History -- 21st century; United States -- Economic policy -- 2001—; Finance -- United States -- History -- 21st century; Featuring essays by Nobel laureate economists and an afterword by Richard Posner, this volume provides a comprehensive overview of the collapse of the global financial sector in 2008. It will be essential reading for anyone interested in the nature of modern capitalism and regulation. Jeffrey Friedman is a visiting scholar in the Department of Government at the University of Texas, Austin and Max Weber Senior Fellow at the Institute for Advancement of the Social Sciences, Boston University. He is the editor of Critical Review. |
