Contents: 1. The making of a crisis 2. Freefall and its aftermath 3. A flawed response 4. The mortgage scam etc.
This book explains some of the major economic topics of our time - indeed of all time - including the all - important question of the appropriate role of the state. Readers of this illuminating book will better understand what has gone wrong with the market economy and what should be done about it.
The "commanding heights," according to Pulitzer Prize-winner Daniel Yergin and international business advisor Joseph Stanislaw, are those dominant enterprises and industries that form the high economic ground in nations around the globe. In their analysis of the new world economy, The Commanding The Battle Between Government and the Marketplace That Is Remaking the Modern World, they examine "t…