{"product_id":"9781599322810","title":"The Great Economic Train Wreck: When America Went Off the Rails","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eClark, Kevin H.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eAdvantage Books\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e10\/12\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003eWe tend to think of dominos as standing the tiles on end and then tipping the \u003cbr\u003e first one over, toppling into the second, which falls into the third until \u003cbr\u003e finally all the dominoes have fallen. In 2008 the first of many financial \u003cbr\u003e dominos began falling. Many were worried and looked to Washington for \u003cbr\u003e leadership. Instead, we saw only politics-as-usual. But as 2009 and 2010 \u003cbr\u003e unfolded, it became too benign to suggest our stricken economy was simply \u003cbr\u003e toppled dominos. It was more accurate to describe our condition as an \u003cbr\u003e economic “train wreck.” The financial chaos as a result of the crisis was \u003cbr\u003e heightened by an extraordinary government intervention to triage the \u003cbr\u003e shattered economy. Many feared, with justification, that we may be teetering \u003cbr\u003e on the brink of this generation’s Great Depression. The near-death experience \u003cbr\u003e the U.S. economy has suffered forced Americans to turn inward and question \u003cbr\u003e our leaders. Our worries have multiplied. Our free market system and \u003cbr\u003e ultimately the “American Dream” itself now seem more vulnerable than ever. \u003cbr\u003e More importantly, we doubt ourselves and our leaders and long for our \u003cbr\u003e life-before. This is a book that chronicles the unfolding disaster of our \u003cbr\u003e nation’s financial “train wreck.” For two crucial years, Kevin Clark had \u003cbr\u003e broadcast financial analysis that became a play-by-play of the economic \u003cbr\u003e collapse. Now, with hindsight, he revisits recent history and brings what he \u003cbr\u003e calls a “Main Street” perspective of this most critical moment in the modern \u003cbr\u003e life of America.","brand":"Advantage Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48326385467647,"sku":"9781599322810","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9781599322810_s600x595.jpg?v=1778166840","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/products\/9781599322810","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}