Great Recession

Using scores of examples from the Fed's rich history, The Power and Independence of the Federal Reserve shows that much common wisdom about the nation's central bank is inaccurate....

The financial crisis was no doubt a recession, and some would say a depression; everyone wants to sugarcoat it....

An eye-opening account of the failures of our financial system, the sources of its staying power, and the path to meaningful economic reform.

In the fall of 2008, fifteen of the world's leading economists--representing the broadest spectrum of economic opinion--gathered at New Hampshire's Squam Lake....

Understanding wealth in the United States - who has it, how they acquired it, and how they preserve it - is crucial to addressing the economic and political challenges facing the nation....

Even with the economy feeling a little bit better, there is a real fear that markets will stay down and things won't ever get back to normal....

Challenging the arguments of liberal economists like Paul Krugman and Joseph Stiglitz, Edward Conard reveals the truth about the income inequality panic....

The American economy is strong in large part because nobody believes that America would ever default on its debt. Yet in 1933, Franklin D. Roosevelt did just that, when in a bid to pull the country out of depression, he depreciated the US dollar in relation to gold....

This book is an examination of the social, economic, and political consequences of the great recession of 2008....

Why do so many investors make the same mistakes repeatedly - being too bullish or too bearish at just the wrong times? Find out....

With the collapse of investment banks, trillion-dollar-plus government bailouts, and decimated retirement portfolios, it's never been more important to understand the "new rules" of making money....

Forget GDP, and focus instead on living standards, people’s ability to get what they want. When you do that you’ll see why, contrary to universal belief, capitalism helps the living standards of the less well-off much more than those of the rich....

Most American adults easily recognize the following description of the 2008 financial crisis. Unregulated Wall Street firms (so-called shadow banks) made too many risky bets with derivatives, causing the housing bubble to burst....

Offering previously untold insight into the key choices (including rejected options) and a frank evaluation of successes and failures, this volume is both an important historical document and an indispensable guide for confronting future financial calamities....

Public, Private, Public is an inspiring case study of a company that went through a bankruptcy, overcame the odds, and emerged triumphant. Author and former CEO Kevin J. Kennedy presents a detailed account of a good company with a profoundly constrained balance sheet....

Building on insights gleaned from many years of work in the banking industry and drawing on a vast trove of data, Richard Vague argues that financial crises follow a pattern that makes them both predictable and avoidable....

Unemployment, at its core, refers to a state in which individuals who are willing and able to work are unable to secure employment opportunities. However, this seemingly straightforward definition belies the intricate interplay of factors that contribute to the phenomenon.

Most Americans are worried about their future - particularly their nest egg. 1 out of every 10 Americans is being pursued by debt collectors....

Bad Money is the perfect follow-up to Phillips's last book, whose dire warnings are now proving frighteningly accurate....

This is a penetrating critique tracing how under-regulated trading between European and US banks led to the 2008 financial crisis - with a prescription for preventing another meltdown....