Rebound

Why America Will Emerge Stronger From the Financial Crisis

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  • Rebound
  • takes
  • the
  • currently
  • unthinkable
  • view
  • that
  • the
  • economy
  • will
  • bounce
  • back
  • faster
  • and
  • stronger
  • from
  • the
  • downturn
  • than
  • most
  • economists
  • expect.
  • Noted
  • Labor
  • economist
  • Stephen
  • J.
  • Rose
  • amasses
  • data
  • on
  • the
  • economic
  • performance
  • of
  • America
  • over
  • the
  • last
  • 30
  • years
  • to
  • debunk
  • myths
  • about
  • declining
  • middle
  • class
  • incomes,
  • burger-flipping
  • jobs
  • and
  • global
  • competition.
  • He
  • also
  • describes
  • the
  • evolution
  • of
  • the
  • financial
  • crisis
  • and
  • mortgage
  • lending
  • implosion
  • under
  • the
  • rubric
  • of
  • "brilliant
  • idiocy"
  • to
  • show
  • how
  • the
  • investors,
  • financial
  • firms,
  • and
  • regulators
  • all
  • made
  • devastating
  • mistakes
  • in
  • pursuit
  • of
  • quick
  • gains.The
  • book
  • argues
  • forcefully
  • that
  • simple
  • financial
  • regulation
  • and
  • forthcoming
  • investments
  • in
  • education,
  • health
  • care
  • and
  • energy
  • will
  • pay
  • quick
  • and
  • healthy
  • dividends.
  • Using
  • economic
  • analysis
  • rather
  • than
  • partisan
  • argument,
  • Rebound
  • cuts
  • through
  • the
  • clutter
  • of
  • political
  • debate
  • to
  • show
  • how
  • the
  • economy
  • will
  • return
  • to
  • high
  • growth rates.
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