{"product_id":"9780071628457","title":"The Cost of Capitalism: Understanding Market Mayhem and Stabilizing our Economic Future","description":"\u003cb\u003eCNBC regular Robert J. Barbera offers a crystal clear explanation of the financial market crisis of 2008\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhile mainstream financial analysts are stringing together \u003ci\u003ead hoc\u003c\/i\u003e explanations for the financial crisis of 2008, a relatively small group of economists saw this coming. In \u003ci\u003eThe Cost of Capitalism\u003c\/i\u003e, Robert J. Barbera explains why.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eBarbera makes the case that investors and policy-makers can reduce the risk of truly gruesome outcomes if they better plan for the violent economic storms, which history confirms are always over the horizon.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eInvestors will learn how to gird themselves for the roller-coaster ride that is free market capitalism; policy makers will find out how to plan for crises they know will occur at some point; and academic economists will rethink their pursuit of ever more elaborate mathematical models that bear no resemblance to the real world.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe message is simple: Stop pretending that people are always rational and that markets are always efficient—and be prepared for market mayhem.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"McGraw-Hill Education","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47076942905584,"sku":"9780071628457","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780071628457_p0.jpg?v=1763636497","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780071628457","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}