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The inside story, told with “insight, perspective, and stellar reporting,” of how an unassuming civil servant created trillions of dollars from thin air, combatted a public health crisis, and saved the American economy from a second Great Depression (Alan S. Blinder, former Vice Chair of the...

In recent years, the world has been rocked by major economic crises, most notably the devastating collapse of Lehman Brothers, the largest bankruptcy in American history, which triggered the breathtakingly destructive sub-prime disaster. What sparks these vast economic calamities? Why do our economic policy makers fail to protect us from such upheavals? In Wrong, economist Richard Grossman addresses such questions, shining a light on the poor thinking behind nine of the worst economic policy mistakes of the past 200 years, missteps whose outcomes ranged from appalling to tragic.

In the rubble of Hurricane Maria, Puerto Ricans and ultrarich "Puertopians" are locked in a pitched struggle over how to remake the island. In this vital and startling investigation, The New York Times best-selling author and activist Naomi Klein uncovers how the forces of shock politics and disaster capitalism seek to undermine the nation's radical, resilient vision for a just recovery.

Coronavirus, la stretta sul lavoro: Bonomi: "Andiamo verso un'economia di guerra. Ma no ad una nuova Iri" di Roberto Mania; Bergamo, il freno delle aziende e gli errori in corsia di Paolo Berizzi; Il destino comune che ci manca di Stefano Folli; Finisce il ricatto del lavoro di Gad Lerner; Patuanelli: "Non abbiamo ceduto agli industriali, l'obiettivo comune è salvare vite" di Annalisa Cuzzocrea; Il lavoro degli altri di Ezio Mauro.