{"product_id":"financial-reckoning-day-9781394174669","title":"Financial Reckoning Day","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn engaging and practical romp through contemporary financial and economic historyand what it means for your financial future\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEconomic booms and busts are happening with more frequency. Since the turn of the new millennium, fortunes have been made and lost at a blistering pace. Each boom is like the tension building up before an earthquake. Seismologists can detect the build-up, but they can''t necessarily explain whyor whenthe next quake will hit. Economic busts can be equally devastatingand followed by numerous aftershocks.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn this entertaining romp through recent economic and financial history, best-selling author, Addison Wiggin, traces the primary trends that have led up to rapid economic growth and innovation while keeping an eye on the inevitable downturn. The author practices literary economics, telling stories about the characters behind the scenes and their motives, making this wide-ranging book easy-to-read. The current edition has been revised, adapt\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eForeword ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface to the 2009 Edition: Confessions of a Newsletter Man xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xxv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Hell in a Bucket 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart One: Wildness Lies in Wait 9\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 1: The Old “New Economy” 11\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 2: Homo Digitalis, or “If You Know, You Know” 25\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 3: Dreamers and Schemers 35\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Two: The Fabulous Destiny of Alan Greenspan 49\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 4: In the Bath Blowing Bubbles 51\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 5: “Free Money” and Other New Era Hallucinations 63\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 6: A Theory of Moral Hazards 95\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 7: First It Giveth . . . 113\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Three: Extraordinary Popular Delusions 127\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 8: John Law and the Origins of a Bad Idea 129\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 9: The Digital Age of Crowds 147\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 10: The Crack-Up Boom 169\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 11: The Party at the End of the World 225\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 235\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 245\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley \u0026 Sons Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49083885191511,"sku":"9781394174669","price":18.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781394174669.jpg?v=1725550325","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/financial-reckoning-day-9781394174669","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}