Why Minsky Matters: An Introduction to the Work of a Maverick Economist

by L. Randall Wray

Book Overview

Perhaps no economist was more vindicated by the global financial crisis than Hyman P. Minsky (1919-96). Although a handful of economists raised alarms as early as 2000, Minsky's warnings began a half-century earlier, with writings that set out a compelling theory of financial instability. Yet even today he remains largely outside mainstream economics; few people have a good grasp of his writings, and fewer still understand their full importance...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691159122
• ISBN13: 9780691159126
• Release Date: November 2015
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.7" x 8.6"