Jerry M. Rosenberg is professor emeritus of Global Business and Management at Rutgers University. He has been acclaimed by The New York Times as "America's Leading Business and Technological Lexicographer."
This volume presents a compelling overview of these trying economic
times and is highly recommended for public libraries as well as
community college and academic libraries. Some may wish to add it
to their personal libraries as a ready reference for this crisis in
our nation's history.
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This edition adds information from 2010 to 2012 (such as the Arab
Spring and the Occupy Wall Street movement) and covers events,
regulations, banks, corporations, industries, key people,
government programs, and financial instruments. Most entries range
from a few lines to a paragraph, with some complex topics getting
several pages. The scope is international and nonbiased. A solid
choice for most economics collections; libraries owning the first
edition will want to replace.
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This second edition (1st ed., CH, Jan'11, 48-2457) updates the
earlier volume by Rosenberg (emer., Rutgers), which covered
2007-10, with some 300 pages of new information on the reasoning,
motives, hidden agendas, and power plays of those responsible for
the great recession. The encyclopedic analysis of the period from
2007 to 2012 is based on reliable reporting from many government
sources. Content includes entries on key individuals, companies,
government, finance, and institutions. Major entries have been
reviewed by specialists. Some of the entries in this new volume
include extensive summaries, e.g., those for ARRA, the American
Jobs Act, and TARP. For details on such items as Asset-Backed
Securities, which has a brief definition, readers must consult See
also references. Entries by number or abbreviation are posted in
alphabetical order. Summing Up: Recommended. Lower- and upper-level
undergraduates; general readers.
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In outlining the events and activities of the years of the Great
Recession, Dr Rosenberg is able to give a great deal of information
for the educated layperson.
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