Ebook: The roller coaster economy: financial crisis, great recession, and the public option

Boom, bust, and misery : the curse of capitalism -- History of the roller coaster -- How unstable is the American economy? -- The income gap -- The consumption gap -- The housing crisis -- Investment and profit -- The credit balloon and the financial crisis -- Government spending and taxes -- The trade gap : how boom and bust spread around the globe -- How violent profit swings cause the roller coaster -- The public option for health and jobs : how democratization can end the business cycle.