The Future of Neoliberalism: A Conversation with Gary Gerstle
New Books in Critical Theory
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The Great Recession of Two Thousand Eight
The great recession of two thousand eight, two thousand nine and a. I write about the the 18 days in september, october, two thousand eight when amertop american economic policy makers think that there's a 50 to 60 % chance that the entire financial system of the world has simply got a collapse. And it's an exubstential moment for them. The only thing i can compare it to is the 13 days of the cuban missil crisis in 19 60. But even though catastrophe on that scale was averted, the suffering was immense. People were so heavily invested, and in real estate, you can call it a bad estimate that they got sno
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