| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 122 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
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Hoover studies in politics, economics, and society
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Hoover studies in politics, economics, and society.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The financial crisis of 2008 -- The discrepancy between knowledge and power -- Mechanisms for decentralizing power. |
| Summary |
In Unchecked and Unbalanced, Arnold Kling provides a blueprint for those who are skeptical of political and financial elitism. At the heart of Kling's argument is the growing discrepancy between two phenomena: knowledge is becoming more diffuse, while political power is becoming more concentrated. Kling sees this knowledge/power discrepancy at the heart of the financial crisis of 2008. Financial industry executives and regulatory officials lacked the ability to fathom the complexity of the systemthat had emerged. And, in response, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and Federal Reserve Board Ch. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Financial crises -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
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Financial crises. |
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United States. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
21st century |
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Finance -- Government policy -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
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Finance -- Government policy. |
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Finance. |
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Expertise.
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Expertise. |
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Authority.
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Authority. |
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Decentralization in government -- United States.
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Decentralization in government. |
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United States -- Politics and government -- 21st century.
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Politics and government. |
| Chronological Term |
2000-2099 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Kling, Arnold S. Unchecked and unbalanced. Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers ; Stanford, Calif. : In cooperation with Hoover Institution, Stanford University ; [Lanham, MD] : Distributed by National Book Network, ©2010 9781442201248 (DLC) 2009036925 (OCoLC)435421579 |
| ISBN |
9781442201262 (electronic book) |
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1442201266 (electronic book) |
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1282522221 |
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9781282522220 |
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9781442201248 (cased) |
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144220124X |
| Standard No. |
9786612522222 |
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