Nobel Prize winner James Tobin has made outstanding contributions to modern macroeconomics. In this final collection of his work he examines the economic policies of the United States and its relations with other major economies after 1990. In James Tobin's view, the welfare of populations...

1. A gaint historic mistake? -- 2. Before the fall -- 3. Freece and the idolatry of debt -- 4. Ireland: the private is political -- 5. Europe digs deeper -- 6. Righting the course: from bail-out to bail-in -- 7. If Europe dared to write down debt -- 8. Eurpoe's real economic challenges -- 9. The...