Hall of Mirrors : The Great Depression, the Great Recession, and the Uses-And Misuses-of History.

Intro -- Hall of Mirrors -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part I The Best of Times -- 1 New Age Economics -- 2 Golden Globe -- 3 Competing on a Violent Scale -- 4 By Legislation or Fiat -- 5 Where Credit Is Due -- 6 Castles in Spain -- Part II The Worst of Times -- 7 Spent Bullets -- 8 The Next Leg Down -- 9 On Europe's Shores -- 10 Will America Topple Too? -- 11 Largely Contained -- 12 Scant Evidence -- 13 The Spiral -- 14 Fish or Foul -- Part III Toward Better Times -- 15 Revival or Reform -- 16 Something for Everyone -- 17 Takahashi's Revenge -- 18 Dip Again -- 19 Preventing the Worst -- 20 Stressed and Stimulated -- 21 Unconventional Policy -- Part IV Avoiding the Next Time -- 22 Wall Street and Main Street -- 23 Normalization in an Abnormal Economy -- 24 Making Things as Difficult as Possible -- 25 Men in Black -- 26 Euro or Not -- Conclusion -- Dramatis Personae -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- References -- Index.

The Great Depression and the Great Recession are the two great economic crises of the past hundred years. In Hall of Mirrors, Barry Eichengreen draws on his unparalleled expertise for a brilliantly conceived dual-track account of the two crises and their consequences. He describes how the "lessons" of the Great Depression importantly shaped the policy response to the recent crisis, for both better and worse, but also how the recent crisis will re-shape our understanding of the Depression.

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