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As Pogo once said, "We have met the enemy and he is us." In this book the author offers a scathing assessment of fiscal blunders in foreign lands, and details how economic repercussions are sure to be felt on American soil. Financial bubbles grew and burst, not only in the U.S. but in countries as diverse as Iceland, Germany, and Greece. Mixing humor with prescient insight, he depicts a precarious situation that demands attention. The tsunami of cheap...

"The story of billionaire trader Steven Cohen, the rise and fall of his hedge fund SAC Capital, and the largest insider trading investigation in history--for readers of The Big Short, Den of Thieves, and Dark Money Steven A. Cohen changed Wall Street. He and his fellow pioneers of the hedge fund industry didn't lay railroads, build factories, or invent new technologies. Rather, they made their billions through speculation, by placing bets in the market...

"This symposium, the 41st hosted by the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, addressed whether regulatory reforms following the crisis hindered growth worldwide; the effect of declining worker mobility on long-run growth in the United States; a worldwide shift toward more protectionist policies following a period of liberalization; how providing fiscal support in economic downturns does not appear to threaten fiscal sustainability; and the shifts...