Smith, Yves.

ECONned : how unenlightened self interest damaged democracy and corrupted capitalism / Yves Smith. - 1st ed. - New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010. - 362 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [355]-357) and index.

The sorcerer's apprentices -- Blinded by science -- The voodo of financial economics -- Neoclassical economics: the triumph of elegant math over messy facts -- How "free markets" was sold -- The sorcerer's apprentice (needs to be renamed) -- How deregulation led to predation -- It's not the bubbles, it's the leverage -- Looting v. 2.0: the doomsday machines -- Houston, we have a problem.

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Financial crises--United States--21st century.
Economics--History.--United States
Neoclassical school of economics.
Free enterprise--History.--United States


United States--Economic conditions--21st century.
United States--Economic policy.

HC106.83 / S642e 2010

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