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They are the advocates of what he calls realitybased economicsgrappling with market failures, disaster myopia, speculative. Using psychology and behavioral economics, cassidy presents an excellent argument that the market is not in fact selfcorrecting, and that only a return to realitybased economicsand a reformminded move to shove wall street in that. Both a narrative and a call to arms, how markets fail provides an intellectual and historical context for the string of denial and bad decisions that led to the disastrous illusion of harmony, the lure of real. What about when they lead to stockmarket bubbles, glaring inequality, polluted rivers, reale. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or. Traces the rise and fall of free market ideology, including how the. In april 2003, at the ronald reagan presidential library and museum, in simi valley. Adair turner adair turner became chairman of britains financial services authority just as the global financial. Buyosphere navy general library program downloadable. The end of an industry, the turn of the century, and the patient zero of piracy by stephen witt. John cassidy, new yorker extensively researched and wellwritten. The logic of economic calamities 2009 is a book by economist and journalist john cassidy. Dec 28, 2009 while driving my son to school one morning, i heard a national public radio interview with john cassidy, author of the new book how markets fail. Jun 17, 2016 in how markets fail, john cassidy describes the rising influence of what he calls utopian economics.