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THE MAP AND THE TERRITORY

 
 

Alan Greenspan

 
 

Subtitle: Risk, Human Nature, and the Future of Forecasting - Penguin Press, NYC., 2013, 388 pgs., index, end notes, appendices, many charts and tables

 
 

Reviewer Comment - The book was reviewed by Burton Malkiel in the WSJ 22 Oct. 2013 It is his memoir about his term as chairman of the FED and his views of the financial collapse of 2008. It is about risk assessment and forcasting

 
 

Introduction

 
 

Chapter 1 - Animal spirits

 
 

Chapter 2 - The Crisis Begins, Intensifies and Abates

 
 

Chapter 3 - The Roots of Crisis

 
 

Chapter 4 - Stock Prices and Equity Stimulus

 
 

Chapter 5 - Finance and Regulation

 
 

Chapter 6 - Schooner Intelligence and Then Some

 
 

Chapter 7 - Uncertainty Undermines Investment

 
 

Chapter 8 - Productivity: The Ultimate Measure of Economic Success

 
 

Chapter 9 - Productivity and the Age of Entitlements

 
 

Chapter 10 - Culture

 
 

Chapter 11 - The Onset of Globaliztion, Income Inequality, and the Rise of the Gini and the Crony

 
 

Chapter 12 - Money and Inflation

 
 

Chapter 13 - Buffers

 
 

Chapter 14 - The Bottom Line

 

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