Business Economics

 

 

Business Economics, October 2008

You can either download the entire issue using this link, or download individual articles using the links below. (PDF, 6.4 MB)

From The Editor

Articles

Ben S. Bernanke: Current Economic and Financial Conditions

Sheila C. Bair: Reforming Mortgage Finance

Edward P. Lazear: Encouraging Growth and Stability

Matthias S. Fifka: The Baltics: Continuing Boom or Bursting Bubble?

Claire Starry and Gerald W. Bernstein: The Economics of Private Business Jet Travel

Nayantara Hensel: Globalization and the U.S. Defense Industrial Base: the Competition for a New Aerial Refueling Tanker

Economics at Work

Richard Koss: Economists In a World of Financial Ruin

Focus on Industries and Markets

Andrew C. Gross and Jozsef Poor: The Global Management Consulting Sector

Book Reviews

Thomas Sowell, Economic Facts and Fallacies
Reviewed by Jesse S. Hixson

Dan Ariely, Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions
Reviewed by Hugh Schwartz