Boom and Bust: Financial Cycles and Human Prosperity
Pollock, Alex J.
ISBN 10: 0844743836 ISBN 13: 9780844743837
Published by AEI Press, 2010
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In Understanding Financial Crises, Alex J. Pollock explains that while economic downturns can be frightening and difficult, people living in free markets economies today enjoy greater health and longevity, have better access to basic necessities, are better educated, work less arduous jobs, and have more choices and wider horizons than human beings at any other point in history. This wonderful reality would not exist in the absence of financial cycles. This book explains why.
About the Author: Alex J. Pollock spent thirty-five years in the banking industry before becoming a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, where he researches housing finance, government-sponsored enterprises, corporate governance, and the banking system. He is a director of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and the International Housing Union for Housing Finance.
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Title: Boom and Bust: Financial Cycles and Human ...
Publisher: AEI Press
Publication Date: 2010
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Fair
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