Review of Engineering the Financial Crisis: Systemic Risk and the Failure of Regulation by Jeffrey Friedman and Wladimir Kraus

Volume 15, No. 2 (Summer 2012)

Jeffrey Friedman and Wladamir Kraus attempt to separate the wheat from the chaff by sizing up these theories next to some hard facts. The result is enlightening. In what is one of the most anticipated books on the crisis, the authors are able to give a logically coherent story and put some tired theories to rest.

Review of Capital in Disequilibrium: The Role of Capital in a Changing World, 2nd ed., by Peter Lewin

Volume 15, No. 3 (Fall 2012)

Peter Lewin’s Capital in Disequilibrium is an award-winning, extensive survey of capital theory, which touches on and summarizes an array of issues and phenomena. It fearlessly dives into the depths of the vast and shifting literatures available on each of the topics.