How we got here -- The Clinton era and the origins of the stock bubble -- The collapse of the stock bubble -- The beginnings of the housing bubble -- The final collapse -- Beyond the bubble economy -- Learning from the bubbles

For the second time this decade, the U.S. economy is sinking into a recession due to the collapse of a financial bubble. The most recent calamity will lead to a downturn deeper and longer than the stock market crash of 2001. Dean Baker's Plunder and Blunder chronicles the growth and collapse of...