The passionate economist:finding the power and humanity behind the numbers
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Published: |
Wiley & Sons,
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Publisher Address: | Hoboken, N.J. |
Publication Dates: | c2003. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Carrier Form: | xviii, 270 p.: ; 24 cm. |
ISBN: | 0471269964 (acid-free) |
Index Number: | F171 |
CLC: |
F171.20 F171.2 |
Call Number: | F171.2/S979 |
Contents: |
Includes index. The Forest Gump syndrome -- Igniting a passion -- The first in white-collar downsizing -- Doing economics right : a road map -- Tapping the power with applications -- Testing our credibility -- Getting further established -- Moving out of the 1980s -- The "jobless" recovery -- Changes underway in credit markets and the Fed -- A "virtuous" cycle -- Crisis at home and abroad -- The second shoe drops -- Fertile ground for asset bubbles -- Y2K and other monsters of 2000 -- The economics of the Internet -- Old rules for the new economy -- Applying rules 1 and 2 -- Hitting a wall -- Applying rule number 3 -- Risk management at the Fed -- Benchmark revisions -- A scapegoat or an 800-pound gorilla? -- The quiet before the storm -- A recessionette? -- A fundamental disconnect -- Framing the outlook -- Structural change -- A shallow pool of answers -- Reading the tea leaves -- The optimism and devotion of the young. |