{"product_id":"2940169865615","title":"Unintended Consequences: Why Everything You've Been Told about the Economy Is Wrong","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the aftermath of the financial crisis, many commonly held beliefs have emerged to explain its cause. Conventional wisdom blames Wall Street and the mortgage industry for using low down payments, teaser rates, and other predatory tactics to seduce unsuspecting home owners into assuming mortgages they couldn't afford. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt blames average Americans for borrowing recklessly and spending too much. And it blames the tax policies and deregulatory environment of the Reagan and Bush administrations for encouraging reckless risk taking by wealthy individuals and financial institutions. But according to \u003cem\u003eUnintended Consequences\u003c\/em\u003e, the conventional wisdom masks the real causes of our economic disruption and puts us at risk of a slew of unintended-and potentially dangerous-consequences. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eUnintended Consequences\u003c\/em\u003e is not a book that takes a couple of insights and expands them into three hundred pages; rather, it covers the entire scope of the economy. It's a fascinating and contrarian case for how the economy \u003cem\u003ereally\u003c\/em\u003e works, what went wrong over the past decade, and what steps we can take to start growing again. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhether you agree with the book's provocative and counterintuitive conclusions or not, \u003cem\u003eUnintended Consequences\u003c\/em\u003e will reward you with a sophisticated understanding of the contemporary economy-one no other book has yet provided.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Blackstone Audio production.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blackstone Audio, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47104673022192,"sku":"2940169865615","price":20.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169865615_p0.jpg?v=1769901811","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169865615","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}