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“johan van overtveldt”

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  • The Chicago School

    How the University of Chicago Assembled the Thinkers Who Revolutionized Economics and Business

    by Johan Van Overtveldt ...
    This "admirably detailed and thoroughly welcome history" provides a fascinating examination of a pivotal moment in the evolution of economic theory ( The Economist).When Richard Nixon said "We are all Keynesians now" in 1971, few could have predicted that the next three decades would result in a complete transformation of the global economic landscape. The transformation was led by a small, ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The End of the Euro

    The Uneasy Future of the European Union

    by Johan Van Overtveldt ...
    From the acclaimed author of Bernanke's Test, "an essential title for any reader with investments or interest in financial instruments" ( Library Journal).The End of the Euro begins with an overview of the birth of the euro itself. Understanding this history is essential to understand the anomalies built into the project from the beginning. These anomalies form the subject of chapter two, along ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Icarus Curse

    How Western Democracies Derailed and How to Get Back on Track

    by Johan Van Overtveldt ...
    Economic anxiety and loss of trust in civic institutions are driving more and more people to political extremes. How did we get here, and how do we get our economic policies back on track before the democracies of the world derail?From former Belgian minister of finance and bestselling author Johan Van Overtveldt comes a new analysis of the economic forces that have driven us to the brink of a ... Read more

    $23.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Icarus Curse

    How Western Democracies Derailed and How to Get Back on Track

    by Johan Van Overtveldt ...
    Economic anxiety and loss of trust in civic institutions are driving more and more people to political extremes. How did we get here, and how do we get our economic policies back on track before the democracies of the world derail?From former Belgian minister of finance and bestselling author Johan Van Overtveldt comes a new analysis of the economic forces that have driven us to the brink of a ... Read more

    $36.79 CAD

  • The Mystic Hand

    How Central Banks Shaped the 21st Century Global Economy

    by Johan Van Overtveldt ...
    It’s hardly an exaggeration to claim that over the last few decades, central bankers have achieved unprecedented status. Especially since the global financial crisis of 2008, the world holds its breath whenever they announce new policy interventions. Given the opaque nature of the money supply, in the eyes of most citizens, the “mystic hand” of central bankers is felt everywhere. Never before have ... Read more

    $36.79 CAD

  • A Giant Reborn

    Why the US Will Dominate the 21st Century

    by Johan Van Overtveldt ...
    The world is in turmoil. Whether one looks at Europe, Asia, North America, the Middle East, Africa, or Latin America, uncertainty and upheaval seem to be the order of the day. Nevertheless, there seems to be an odd certainty in the minds of many pundits, writers, and citizens in this highly volatile world of geopolitics: the days of the United States as the world's sole superpower are over. The ... Read more

    $26.39 CAD

  • Bernanke's Test

    Ben Bernanke, Alan Greenspan, and the Drama of the Central Banker

    by Johan Van Overtveldt ...
    The consensus on Alan Greenspan's performance as Fed chair used to be extremely positive, but more and more it's been called into question. Now, 2008 has seen Ben Bernanke in the eye of a storm that was created largely during Greenspan's tenure. His management of the bubble of all bubbles will be a decisive factor in whether this crisis will be limited in its impact on the real economy or whether ... Read more

    $26.39 CAD

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    How Efficiency Replaced Equality in U.S. Public Policy

    by Elizabeth Popp Berman ...
    The story of how economic reasoning came to dominate Washington between the 1960s and 1980s—and why it continues to constrain progressive ambitions todayFor decades, Democratic politicians have frustrated progressives by tinkering around the margins of policy while shying away from truly ambitious change. What happened to bold political vision on the left, and what shrunk the very horizons of ... Read more

    $29.69 CAD

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  • Austerity

    The History of a Dangerous Idea

    by Mark Blyth ...
    Selected as a Financial Times Best Book of 2013 Governments today in both Europe and the United States have succeeded in casting government spending as reckless wastefulness that has made the economy worse. In contrast, they have advanced a policy of draconian budget cuts--austerity--to solve the financial crisis. We are told that we have all lived beyond our means and now need to tighten our ... Read more

    $18.39 CAD

  • 13 Bankers

    The Wall Street Takeover and the Next Financial Meltdown

    by Simon Johnson, James Kwak ...
    In spite of its key role in creating the ruinous financial crisis of 2008, the American banking industry has grown bigger, more profitable, and more resistant to regulation than ever. Anchored by six megabanks whose assets amount to more than 60 percent of the country’s gross domestic product, this oligarchy proved it could first hold the global economy hostage and then use its political muscle to ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

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  • The Three Worlds of Welfare Capitalism

    by Gosta Esping-Andersen ...
    Few discussions in modern social science have occupied as much attention as the changing nature of welfare states in western societies. Gosta Esping-Andersen, one of the most distinguished contributors to current debates on this issue, here provides a new analysis of the character and role of welfare states in the functioning of contemporary advanced western societies.Esping-Andersen distinguishes ... Read more

    $29.99 CAD

  • 21st Century Monetary Policy

    The Federal Reserve from the Great Inflation to COVID-19

    by Ben S. Bernanke ...
    21st Century Monetary Policy takes readers inside the Federal Reserve, explaining what it does and why.In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Federal Reserve deployed an extraordinary range of policy tools that helped prevent the collapse of the financial system and the U.S. economy. Chair Jerome Powell and his colleagues lent directly to U.S. businesses, purchased trillions of dollars of ... Read more

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