TY  - BOOK
AU  - Weisbrot,Mark Alan
TI  - Failed: what the "experts" got wrong about the global economy 
SN  - 9780195170184 (hbk.)
AV  - HB 3782 W426f 2015
U1  - 330.94/0561 
PY  - 2015///
CY  - New York, NY
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - International Monetary Fund
KW  - Fondo Monetario Internacional
KW  - Financial crises
KW  - European Union countries
KW  - Crisis financiera
KW  - Países de la Unión Europea
KW  - Economic forecasting
KW  - Pronósticos económicos
KW  - Economic policy
KW  - Política económica
KW  - Crisis financiera global, 2008-2009
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-274) and index
N2  - "Why did the Eurozone end up with an unemployment rate more than twice than that of the United States and six years after the collapse of Lehman Brothers? Was crisis in the Eurozone inevitable?  What caused the prolonged economic failure experienced by the majority of the world's low- and middle-income countries at the end of the 20th century?  Failed analyzes and ties together some of the most important economic developments of recent years with the common theme that they have been widely misunderstood and in some cases almost completely ignored. A central argument of Failed is that there are always viable alternatives to prolonged economic failure. Author Mark Weisbrot shows that political agendas are often the root cause of avoidable financial crises and drawing on lessons learned from previous crises, recessions, and subsequent recovers can prevent further failures in the future"--; "Ties together some of the most important economic developments of recent years, with the common theme that they have been widely misunderstood and in some cases almost completely ignored"--
ER  -