Book reviews/Economics
Book notes: The illusion of control, by Jon Danielsson
Jon Danielsson’s book makes a compelling case for a serious rethink on financial crises and risk management
Book notes: Empire of silver, by Jin Xu
A useful introduction to China’s monetary history, focusing on the last 1,000 years, but not the easiest of reads throughout
Book notes: Where economics went wrong, by David Colander and Craig Freedman
Chicago economics’ gladiatorial debating style has cost the discipline dearly, the authors argue
Book notes: The other half of macroeconomics, by Richard Koo
Richard Koo’s latest book updates his work on balance sheet recessions
Living standards and the wealth of nations: successes and failures in real convergence.
Edited by Leszek Balcerowicz and Stanley Fischer. MIT Press, 2006.