The roaring nineties : a new history of the world's most prosperous decade /
Joseph E. Stiglitz.
- 1st ed.
- New York : W.W. Norton, c2003.
- xxxiv, 379 p. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Boom and bust: seeds of destruction -- Miracle workers, or lucky mistakes? -- The all-powerful Fed and its role in inflating the bubble -- Deregulation run amok -- Creative accounting -- The banks and the bubble -- Tax cuts: feeding the frenzy -- Making risk a way of life -- Globalization: early forays -- Enron -- Debunking the myths -- Toward a new democratic idealism: vision and values -- Epilogue: further lessons on how to mismanage the economy.
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Enron Corp.--Accounting.
Globalization.
United States--Economic conditions--1981-2001. United States--Economic policy--1993-2001.