The Return of Depression Economics and the Crisis of 2008 [Paperback]

In this major bestseller, Paul Krugman warns that, like diseases that have become resistant to antibiotics, the economic maladies that caused the Great Depression have made a comeback. He lays bare the 2008 financial crisisthe greatest since the 1930stracing it to the failure of regulation to keep pace with an out-of-control financial system. He also tells us how to contain the crisis and turn around a world economy sliding into a deep recession. Brilliantly crafted in Krugmans trademark stylelucid, lively, and supremely informedthis new edition ofThe