Money
“The following review was written by SVIC author Kartik Kaipa.” And the fish asked what the hell is water? Money is not only stranger than we suppose, but stranger than we can suppose. Were the thoughts swimming in my head as I read Money by Jacob Goldstein. What’s the story behind Money? Why does it […]
How Money Walks
Between 1995 and 2010, millions of Americans moved between the states, taking with them over $2 trillion in adjusted gross incomes. Two trillion dollars is equivalent to the GDP of California, the ninth largest in the world. It s a lot of money. Some states, like Florida, saw tremendous gains ($86.4 billion), while others, like […]
The Origin of Financial Crises
In a series of disarmingly simple arguments financial market analyst George Cooper challenges the core principles of today’s economic orthodoxy and explains how we have created an economy that is inherently unstable and crisis prone. With great skill, he examines the very foundations of today’s economic philosophy and adds a compelling analysis of the forces […]
Crashes and Crises
Professor Connel Fullenkamp of Duke University guides listeners through four centuries of economic disasters – from tulip mania in the 1600s to the Great Recession of 2007-2009. Each of his 24 lectures covers a notable incident of financial misfortune or folly that is worthy of a Hollywood thriller. You hear how Charles Ponzi conducted the […]
A Short History of Financial Euphoria
With incomparable wisdom, skill, and wit, world-renowned economist John Kenneth Galbraith traces the history of the major speculative episodes in our economy over the last three centuries. Exposing the ways in which normally sane people display reckless behavior in pursuit of profit, Galbraith asserts that our “notoriously short” financial memory is what creates the conditions […]
