This Time Is Different: Eight Centuries of Financial Folly

Title: This Time Is Different: Eight Centuries of Financial Folly Author: Carmen M Reinhart ISBN: 9780691142166 Publisher: Princeton University Press Published: 2009 Binding: Hardcover Language: English Condition: Used: Near Fine Excellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders. H 1645143 Publisher Description: A comprehensive look at international financial crises that puts more recent economic meltdowns into perspective Throughout history, rich and poor countries alike have been lending, borrowing, crashing--and recovering--their way through an extraordinary range of financial crises. Each time, the experts have chimed, "this time is different"--claiming that the old rules of valuation no longer apply and that the new situation bears little similarity to past disasters. With this breakthr