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This Time It’s Different: Eight Centuries of Financial Folly by Reinhart and Rogoff

This post was written by Philip Lane

This book is extraordinarily well timed and looks at many dimensions of the onset and aftermath of financial crises: you can  find out more here.

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4 Responses to “This Time It’s Different: Eight Centuries of Financial Folly by Reinhart and Rogoff”

  1. zhou_enlai Says:
    September 25th, 2009 at 9:10 am

    It seems the message is this time it is not different!! Clever title as it will attract those inclined think that this time it is different.

    Does anyone know if this an easy read for the non-economist?

  2. John O'Brien Says:
    September 25th, 2009 at 2:59 pm

    Could be interesting.

    I’ve just finished reading Niall Ferguson’s Ascent Of Money. Can’t recommend it highly enough.

  3. Kevin O'Rourke Says:
    September 26th, 2009 at 5:00 pm

    @zhou: it looks like the sort of thing a reader like you would enjoy. Not anecdotal like Manias, Panics and Crashes — lots of numbers and analysis in it, lots of very interesting insights, but so far nothing in it that is particularly technical. Thus far I am very impressed.

  4. zhou_enlai Says:
    September 27th, 2009 at 10:14 pm

    Thanks Kevin.

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