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This Time Is Different

Eight Centuries of Financial Folly

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Written by: Carmen Reinhart, Kenneth Rogoff
Narrated by: Sean Pratt
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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. This book proves that premise wrong. Covering 66 countries across five continents, This Time Is Different presents a comprehensive look at the varieties of financial crises, and guides us through eight astonishing centuries of government defaults, banking panics, and inflationary spikes - from medieval currency debasements to today's subprime catastrophe. Carmen Reinhart and Kenneth Rogoff, leading economists whose work has been influential in the policy debate concerning the current financial crisis, provocatively argue that financial combustions are universal rites of passage for emerging and established market nations. The authors draw important lessons from history to show us how much - or how little - we have learned. Using clear, sharp analysis and comprehensive data, Reinhart and Rogoff document that financial fallouts occur in clusters and strike with surprisingly consistent frequency, duration, and ferocity. They examine the patterns of currency crashes, high and hyperinflation, and government defaults on international and domestic debts - as well as the cycles in housing and equity prices, capital flows, unemployment, and government revenues around these crises. While countries do weather their financial storms, Reinhart and Rogoff prove that short memories make it all too easy for crises to recur. This Time Is Different exposes centuries of financial missteps.©2009 Carmen M. Reinhart and Kenneth Rogoff (P)2009 Gildan Media Corp Economics Banking Taxation Government Capitalism Business Great Recession US Economy Export Economic Inequality Thought-Provoking Global Financial Crisis Economic disparity Deflation Tariff Socialism Latin America Africa
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" This Time Is Different doesn't simply explain what went wrong in our most recent crisis. This book also provides a roadmap of how things are likely to pan out in the years to come.... This Time Is Different is an important addition to the literature of financial history." ( Wall Street Journal)
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The charts are available in PDF format along with the audio book. Most of the other reviews gave a poor rating because they said the format wasn't good. I thought it was well put together. Any of the book that is referencing charts can easily be reviewed in the PDF that comes with the audio book. Great info and book.

Good data driven info.

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Comprehensive data and analytics on historical debt defaults. If you want a narrative history, this isn’t it. It’s dry, but if you want details, this book is for you.

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The story didn’t make me want to read. Was repetitive and felt like work to listen to.

Boring

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