Since the fall of the Berlin Wall we have been told that no alternative to Western capitalism is possible or desirable. This book challenges this view with two arguments. First, the above premise ignores the enormous variety within capitalism itself. Second, there are enormous forces of...

Machine generated contents note: Part I. Wealth and Health Insurance 2. Macro Markets and FinancialSecurity 23 -- Stefano Athanasoulis, Robert Shiller, and Eric van Wincoop -- 3. Gene Insurance 47 -- Alexander Tabarrok -- 4. Time-Consistent Health Insurance 53 -- John H. Cochrane -- Part II. The...