financial crisis

A few weeks ago we noted that a lot of publishers have been quick to find a silver lining in the financial crisis, fluidly moving to either redirect their publicity strategies for banking/money-related titles they've already published, or to refashion ones that they're still working on to better tap into recent developments.

Now we can add to that list Charles Morris's The Trillion Dollar Meltdown, which was published by PublicAffairs back in March. According to Peter Osnos, the founder and editor-at-large of PublicAffairs, Mr. Morris's book will hilariously be reissued once the dust settles under the title The Two Trillion Dollar Meltdown. Double down!  read more »

As the financial markets continue their roller coaster ride, the issue of government’s role in our society returns to the front pages. While Congress considers a massive buyout of poorly thought out investments, many are arguing that if we are going to provide these subsidies we need to impose rules to prevent future crises. It’s time to re-examine the way we regulate our economy and hopefully develop a more sophisticated approach to regulation and a more sustainable basis for our economy.

Regulation is a set of rules or directives intended to cause specific behaviors in target populations. The goal of regulation is to influence individual or organizational behavior.  read more »