Reflections on the Great Recession of 2008-2009

Pre-print, Working paper: As economists and policy makes ponder the lessons of the last two turbulent years, many troubling questions remain. What went wrong? Why did policy makers fail so abysmally to take preventative action? Why were economists so completely taken by surprise?

Author(s)

Georges de Menil

Date of publication
  • 2010
Keywords
  • Great Recession
Internal reference
  • G-MonD Working Paper n°7
Version
  • 1