272 p. ; 22 cm.

Machine generated contents note: One.Overview -- Speculation Trumps Globalization as Culprit -- Methods of Economic History -- The Spur of Falling Interest Rates -- The Balancing Wheels of Economic Policy Sit Neutralized -- A Kind Word for Regulation -- Two.Twilight of the Japanese Miracle -- The Ma...

Contents note continued: An Ominous Conundrum -- The Uses of Forecasts -- six.Global Banking and Financial Crisis -- The Financial Engineering of Mortgage Banking -- Unholy Mix: Short-term Borrowing and Long-term Lending -- The Zenith of Banking Crisis -- Iceland's Wild Ride -- The Fate of Banks Swa...

Contents note continued: The Labor Market through Macroeconomic Lenses -- Toward Jobless Recoveries -- A Digression on Technology Assimilation -- Expectations Matter -- Fitting the Pieces of the Puzzle -- Eleven.String of Sovereign Debt Jitters -- The Sages Speak on Public Debts -- Greece -- Ireland...