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The Failure to Predict the Great Recession

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Author : Mario Morroni

Published in: What Is the Truth About the Great Recession and Increasing Inequality?

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I was baffled when I realised that hardly anyone had foreseen the financial crisis.

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Title: The Failure to Predict the Great Recession
Author: Mario Morroni
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Book: What Is the Truth About the Great Recession and Increasing Inequality?
Print ISBN: 978-3-319-98620-3

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-98621-0

Copyright Year: 2018
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-98621-0_3