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020    9781609944780|q(electronic bk.) 
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020    9781609944797|q(electronic bk.) 
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100 1  Baker, Dean,|d1958- 
245 10 Plunder and blunder :|bthe rise and fall of the bubble 
       economy /|cDean Baker ; foreword by Thomas Frank. 
264  1 Sausalito, CA :|bPoliPointPress,|c[2009] 
264  4 |c©2009 
300    1 online resource (ix, 170 pages) :|billustrations 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    computer|bc|2rdamedia 
338    online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0  How we got here -- The Clinton era and the origins of the 
       stock bubble -- The collapse of the stock bubble -- The 
       beginnings of the housing bubble -- The final collapse -- 
       Beyond the bubble economy -- Learning from the bubbles. 
520    Plunder and Blunder chronicles the growth and collapse of 
       the stock and housing bubbles, explains how policy changes
       since 1980 laid the groundwork for catastrophic?but 
       completely predictable?market meltdowns, and offers 
       prescriptions for avoiding these disasters in the future. 
       Dean Baker argues not only that competent economists 
       should have recognized the developing housing bubble, but 
       also that policy makers and the media cheerfully neglected
       those economists who did predict danger. Baker doesn?t 
       engage in 20-20 hindsight, but thoroughly documents how 
       fundamental policy shifts destabilized the economy and 
       eroded the broad prosperity of the post-war period. His 
       expert analysis explains the outcomes clearly so we can 
       prevent similar financial disasters. Dean Baker warned us 
       what was coming. Now we can read why Dean got it right 
       when so many experts were blind. The story is 
       intriguing?and deeply disturbing.?William Greider, 
       national affairs correspondent, The Nation, and author of 
       Come Home, America. 
588 0  Print version record. 
648  7 1981-2009|2fast 
650  0 Finance|zUnited States. 
650  0 Financial crises|zUnited States. 
650  0 Stocks|xPrices|zUnited States. 
650  0 Housing|xPrices|zUnited States. 
650  7 POLITICAL SCIENCE|xEconomic Conditions.|2bisacsh 
650  7 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS|xEconomics|xComparative.|2bisacsh 
650  7 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS|xEconomic Conditions.|2bisacsh 
650  7 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS|xEconomic History.|2bisacsh 
650  7 POLITICAL SCIENCE|xPolitical Economy.|2bisacsh 
650  7 Economic history.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00901974 
650  7 Finance.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00924349 
650  7 Financial crises.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00924607 
650  7 Housing|xPrices.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00962326 
650  7 Stocks|xPrices.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01133725 
651  0 United States|xEconomic conditions|y1981-2001. 
651  0 United States|xEconomic conditions|y2001-2009. 
651  7 United States.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01204155 
776 08 |iPrint version:|aBaker, Dean, 1958-|tPlunder and blunder.
       |dSausalito, CA : PoliPointPress, ©2009|z9780981576992
       |w(DLC)  2009006899|w(OCoLC)262883707 
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