The roller coaster economy
Subtitle: financial crisis, great recession, and the public option
By: Howard J. Sherman.
Publisher: M.E. Sharpe
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Armonk, N.Y
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780765625373
Subjects: Business cycles -- United States -- History -- 21st century; Financial crises -- United States -- History -- 21st century; Recessions -- United States -- History -- 21st century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Boom, bust, and misery : the curse of capitalism; title: History of the roller coaster; title: Bush, boom, and bust; title: The income gap; title: The consumption gap; title: The housing crisis; title: Investment and profit; title: The credit balloon and the financial crisis; title: Government spending and taxes; title: The trade gap : how boom and bust spread around the globe; title: How violent profit swings cause the roller coaster; title: The public option for health and jobs : how to end the business cycle.