Main description: Featuring essays by Nobel laureate economists and an afterword by Richard Posner, this volume provides a comprehensive overview of the collapse of the global financial sector in 2008. It will be essential reading for anyone interested in the nature of modern capitalism and...

Biographical note: LandesWilliam M.: William M. Landes is the Clifton R. Musser Professor Emeritus of Law and Economics at the University of Chicago Law School.PosnerRichard A.: Richard A. Posner is Circuit Judge, the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, and a senior lecturer...