Colin Read explores the intricacies of modern financial markets and explains in easy to understand terms the reasons for global financial unrest arising from the sub-prime mortgage crisis and global economic meltdowns. He proposes that a well educated economic citizen is our most effective tool to prevent future financial collapses, like the one witnessed in 2007-2008. He walks us through a number of topics in economics, and connects these topics to real world financial problems. He then leaves us with a series of recommendations that can strengthen the economy and leave it less prone to manipulation. Throughout, he describes the role of globalization and the expected profound impact countries like India and China will have on our economic future.
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"Colin Read has presented a useful account of the modern financial system and the pitfalls of the current regulatory structure. This book will be very helpful to those trying to make sense of the current financial crisis"--Dean Baker, Co-Director, Center for Economic Policy Research, Washington, D.C.
"Professor Read adroitly straddles the divide between arcane economic reasoning and the layperson's appetite for understanding the intricacies of the modern financial system. The book presumes some basic knowledge of economics in its coverage of a rather extensive landscape of topics. At the same time, it eschews heavy theoretical exposition in favor of a conversational approach with moorings at key points in history and a blend of social commentary. Professor Read is thoughtful and provocative in building toward his global prescriptions for a better economic future."--Wade Thomas, Professor of Economics, State University of New York College at Oneonta
"Professor Read adroitly straddles the divide between arcane economic reasoning and the layperson's appetite for understanding the intricacies of the modern financial system. The book presumes some basic knowledge of economics in its coverage of a rather extensive landscape of topics. At the same time, it eschews heavy theoretical exposition in favor of a conversational approach with moorings at key points in history and a blend of social commentary. Professor Read is thoughtful and provocative in building toward his global prescriptions for a better economic future."--Wade Thomas, Professor of Economics, State University of New York College at Oneonta
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COLIN READ has a Ph.D. in Economics, a law degree, and master’s degree in business and in taxation. He has taught economics and finance for twenty five years, and is currently Dean of a school of business and economics in New York. He has recently published a book on International Taxation, and appears regularly on a local PBS show on economic development, and is a prolific writer on a variety of economic issues
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Colin Read is a professor of Economics and Finance, former dean of the School of Business and Economics at SUNY College at Plattsburgh, and a columnist for the Plattsburgh New York Press Republican newspaper. He has a Ph.D. in Economics, J.D. in Law, M.B.A., Master's of Taxation, and has taught environmental and energy economics and finance for 25 years. Colin's recent books include "The Fear Factor", "Global Financial Meltdown: How We Can Avoid the Next Economic Crisis", "BP and the Macondo Prospect" and a book on international taxation. He has written dozens of papers on market failure, volatility, and housing markets, writes a monthly column in a business trade journal, and appears monthly on a local PBS television show to discuss the regional and national economy. He has worked as a research associate at the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies and served the Ministry of Finance in Indonesia under contract from the Harvard Institute for International Development. His consulting company can be found on the Internet at www.economicinsights.net. In his spare time he enjoys floatplane flying from his home on Lake Champlain that he shares with his wife, Natalie, daughter, Blair, and dog, Albert.
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This review is from: Global Financial Meltdown: How We Can Avoid The Next Economic Crisis (Hardcover)
Colin Read pulls no punches in identifying what led us to our current financial crisis. He has a great knack of easily explaining some complex economic theories and some of the different factors that brought our global economy into its current state of distress.Yet rather than just harping on the problems, Dr. Read ends the book with "innovations" that our leaders could implement towards developing economic policy that would help get our financial markets on the right course. He brings a positive attitude towards the potential of developing a more cooperative and stable, global economic policy. It is rare to find an economist with the sense of humor and optimistic enthusiasm that Dr. Read brings to "Global Financial Meltdown." This is an enjoyable book that accepts the reality of our crisis, yet offers hope for a better tomorrow.
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A lively introduction to economics and its excesses,
This review is from: Global Financial Meltdown: How We Can Avoid The Next Economic Crisis (Hardcover)
Author Colin Read writes that the purpose of his book is "to provide an economic education for the educated reader who does not have a college major or minor in economics." The book goes a good distance toward achieving that admirable goal. This broad survey of important economic ideas has a minimum of jargon. As its hopeful subtitle suggests, the book's major emphasis is how to avoid another global financial crisis. It is especially timely as people all over the world are trying to understand the reasons for the crisis and the roles of the different players. While it seems to have been proofread in haste, getAbstract recommends this readable book to anyone who wants a firmer, basic understanding of economics without having to get a degree in the subject.
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