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How markets fail : the logic of economic calamities / John Cassidy.

By: Cassidy, John, 1963-Material type: TextTextPublication details: London : Allen Lane, Penguin Books, 2009Edition: 1st edDescription: viii, 390 p. ; 24 cmISBN: 9781846143007 (hbk.)Subject(s): Financial crises | Stock exchanges | Monetary policy | Banks and bankingDDC classification: 381
Contents:
Warnings ignored -- The invisible hand -- Prices as signals -- Perfect markets -- Proof positive? -- The evangelist -- Efficient markets -- Lucasian economics -- "The prof and the polar bears" -- A taxonomy of failure -- The prisoner's dilemma -- The market for lemons -- The beauty contest -- The rational herd -- Enter the pyschologists -- The irrational herd -- Ponzi finance -- The fountainhead -- The housing boom -- Subprime delusions -- TK -- TK.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 347-370) and index.

Warnings ignored -- The invisible hand -- Prices as signals -- Perfect markets -- Proof positive? -- The evangelist -- Efficient markets -- Lucasian economics -- "The prof and the polar bears" -- A taxonomy of failure -- The prisoner's dilemma -- The market for lemons -- The beauty contest -- The rational herd -- Enter the pyschologists -- The irrational herd -- Ponzi finance -- The fountainhead -- The housing boom -- Subprime delusions -- TK -- TK.

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