WRONG by Richard S. Grossman, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters

During the last several years, the world has been rocked by two major economic crises: the US subprime meltdown and the European sovereign debt crisis. Neither of these episodes happened purely by accident. Rather, like many economic disasters, they were the result of poor policy choices. In WRONG: Nine Economic Policy Disasters and What We Can Learn from Them, Richard Grossman examines nine of history's worst economic policy blunders of the last 250 years in order to learn why these policies were adopted and how they went so wrong. Considering events as diverse as trade policy inthe 18th century, famine relief policy in the 19th century, post-war reconstruction in the 20th century, and the subprime and sovereign debt crises in the 21st century, WRONG presents detailed post-mortem analyses of some of the world's most severe economic policy failures. Where do bad economic policies come from? The most glaring errors have been made when policy makers have been guided by ideology rather than cold, hard analysis. Presented clearly and jargon-free, Grossman's WRONG provides a valuable guide book for policy makers... and the citizens who electthem. | WRONG by Richard S. Grossman, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters