The Influence of Uncertainty in a Changing Financial Environment

1. A Failure of Imagination
Ricardo A. Halperin

Part I. Crisis!

2. The Great Recession of 2007–2008
Ricardo A. Halperin

3. Fingers in the Dike
Ricardo A. Halperin

Part II. The Financial Revolution

4. Financial Intermediation and the Economy
Ricardo A. Halperin

5. The Evolution of Financial Intermediation
Ricardo A. Halperin

Part III. The Evolution of Economic Theory

6. Economics Quest for Relevance
Ricardo A. Halperin

7. Theories of Business Fluctuations
Ricardo A. Halperin

8. The Elusive Search for Economic Motives
Ricardo A. Halperin

9. Risk, Uncertainty and Economic Theory
Ricardo A. Halperin

Part IV. Theory Confronts Reality

10. The Visible Hand
Ricardo A. Halperin

11. Regulation of the Financial Sector
Ricardo A. Halperin

12. Prudential Regulation
Ricardo A. Halperin

Part V. Looking Forward

13. The Challenges Ahead
Ricardo A. Halperin

14. Economic Policy Options
Ricardo A. Halperin

15. Summing Up
Ricardo A. Halperin

Keywords: Finance, Financial History, Public Finance, History of Economic Thought/Methodology