Benjamin Freedman
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This Time Is Different
- Eight Centuries of Financial Folly
- De: Carmen Reinhart, Kenneth Rogoff
- Narrado por: Sean Pratt
- Duración: 8 h y 54 m
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 494
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 315
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Historia3.5 out of 5 stars 310
Throughout history, rich and poor countries alike have been lending, borrowing, crashing - and recovering -their way through an extraordinary range of financial crises. Each time, the experts have chimed, "this time is different" - claiming that the old rules of valuation no longer apply and that the new situation bears little similarity to past disasters. This book proves that premise wrong.
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2 out of 5 stars
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necessary piece to understand the current crisis
- De D. Littman en 12-04-09
- This Time Is Different
- Eight Centuries of Financial Folly
- De: Carmen Reinhart, Kenneth Rogoff
- Narrado por: Sean Pratt
Apparently data shown not to fit conclusions.
Revisado: 10-29-24
some interesting history recounted, but apparently data was shown to not align with conclusions due to research error/omission.
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Basic Economics
- A Citizen's Guide to the Economy
- De: Thomas Sowell
- Narrado por: Brian Emerson
- Duración: 18 h y 31 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 596
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 216
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 217
Basic Economics has been written with the thought that learning economics should be not only a relaxed experience but also an enjoyable one.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Naive and Fact-Free
- De Joshua en 09-27-07
- Basic Economics
- A Citizen's Guide to the Economy
- De: Thomas Sowell
- Narrado por: Brian Emerson
Meh.
Revisado: 03-19-19
the problem is not in praising free markets and pointing out historical examples of folly in efforts to control them.
the issue is that in tone, the book regards military spending as the only valid use of discretionary resources. Military applications of scarce resources too can be tremendously wasteful. While it makes mention of this in terms of subsidies, not so in terms of direct military spending...
This feels to some extent like economic punditry. Several examples given with the intent to discredit the views of political observers in the past seem to have backfired with regard to the commentary here; most notably comments related to the California energy crises in the 2000s and the supposed always mutually beneficial long term effects of trade policies.
Time has not been as kind as it might have been. There are other problems herein, but there also useful information as well. As with all things, think for yourself and examine closely.
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