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After the Music Stopped

The Financial Crisis, the Response, and the Work Ahead

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After the Music Stopped

By: Alan S. Blinder
Narrated by: Graham Vick
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Named one of the 10 best books of 2013 by Michiko Kakutani and the New York Times Book Review

Alan S. Blinder - esteemed Princeton professor, Wall Street Journal columnist, and former vice chairman of the Federal Reserve Board under Alan Greenspan - is one of our wisest and most clear-eyed economic thinkers. In After the Music Stopped, he delivers a masterful narrative of how the worst economic crisis in postwar American history happened, what the government did to fight it, and what we must do to recover from it. With bracing clarity, Blinder chronicles the perfect storm of events beginning in 2007, from the bursting of the housing bubble to the implosion of the bond bubble, and how events in the U.S. spread throughout the interconnected global economy. Truly comprehensive and eminently listenable, After the Music Stopped is the essential book about the financial crisis.

©2013 Alan S. Blinder (P)2013 Audible Inc. Americas Economic Conditions Economic History Economics Politics & Government United States Government Banking Taxation Global Financial Crisis Capitalism Great Recession Wall Street American History Socialism US Economy Deflation Export

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"Blinder is a master storyteller...one of the best books yet about the financial crisis." ( The Wall Street Journal)
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Good book. Clear easy to listen to. Concepts well are explained. Probably one of the better books on the crisis

Worthwhile read

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This book is in may top 3 books about the financial crisis along with Adam Tooze’s Crashed and Lord Skidelsy’s book on the return of Keynes in the post crisis period of legislation and regulation policy redesign. Binder is able to bring a catalogue economic theory to the table but it’s his experience and knowledge gained from working in the Federal Reserve system that really adds value. If you are more than just curious about the 2008 financial system and you know that this period was about more than just subprime mortgage debt - try this book

Binder at his best

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