Cassidy, John,  1963- <br/><br/>
How markets fail :  the logic of economic calamities / 
John Cassidy. 
 - 1st ed. 
 - London :  Allen Lane, Penguin Books,  2009. 
 - viii, 390 p. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 347-370) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781846143007 (hbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2009029529 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Financial crises.<br/>Stock exchanges.<br/>Monetary policy.<br/>Banks and banking.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>381  / CAS