MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 01226cam a2200265 a 4500
001 2009029529
003 DLC
005 20100111160408.0
008 090722s2009 nyu b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2009029529
020 $a9780374173203
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
050 00 $aHB3722$b.C37 2009
082 00 $a381$222
100 1 $aCassidy, John,$d1963-
245 10 $aHow markets fail :$bthe logic of economic calamities /$cJohn Cassidy.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bFarrar, Straus and Giroux,$c2009.
300 $aviii, 390 p. ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 347-370) and index.
505 0 $aWarnings 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.
650 0 $aFinancial crises.
650 0 $aStock exchanges.
650 0 $aMonetary policy.
650 0 $aBanks and banking.