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With incomparable wisdom, skill, and wit, world-renowned economist John Kenneth Galbraith traces the history of the major speculative episodes in our economy over the last three centuries. Exposing the ways in which normally sane people display reckless behavior in pursuit of profit, Galbraith asserts that our "notoriously short" financial memory is what creates the conditions for market collapse. By recognizing these signs and understanding what causes them we can guard against future recessions and have a better hold on our country's (and our own) financial destiny.

“If you read just one book about economics, make it Andrew Leigh's clear, insightful, and remarkable (and short) work.” —Claudia Goldin, recipient of the 2023 Nobel Prize in Economics and Henry Lee Professor of Economics at Harvard University A sweeping, engrossing history of how economic...

This volume explores the variety of business enterprise in the United States and analyzes its presence in the country's economy, its evolution over time, and its meaning in society.

The New Deal shaped our nation's politics for decades, and was seen by many as tantamount to the "American Way" itself. Now, in this superb compact history, Eric Rauchway offers an informed account of the New Deal and the Great Depression, illuminating its successes and failures.

La crisi economica che investì il mondo a partire dal 2008, nota anche come Grande Recessione, si originò negli Stati Uniti di America. Fra i principali fattori indicati come causa di questa crisi si trovano le falle nei meccanismi di regolamentazione economica, gli illeciti commessi dalle banche, la sopravalutazione dei prodotti, le crisi alimentare ed energetica mondiali, la crisi del sistema dei crediti, la crisi ipotecaria e quella della fiducia nei mercati.