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Here is a book review on that first book. I wanted to dig deeper because the Amazon page only has a handful of reviews, including one stating the book had no in

Here is a book review on that first book. I wanted to dig deeper because the Amazon page only has a handful of reviews, including one stating the book had no index and was not proofread. "Many factors influenced the Great Recession. Erdmann's ideas provide a valuable new perspective, but he goes a bit overboard about dismissing the standard narratives." https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/v9i9XjK266PntDWTp/book-review-shut-out https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/v9i9XjK266PntDWTp/book-revie... These are interesting opinions, but far from absolute compelling evidence of what your original comment stated

eru 3y ago
The book review looks fairly solid. Btw, keep in mind that eg Australia had similarly inflated housing in the run-up to 2008, but their 'bubble' never burst. Mostly because their central bank did not engineer a slump, nor did they tighten access to credit like the Americans did. Similar, Israel also did not partake in the Great Recession. Btw, you can follow some links from the review you mention to find another in-depth review in the ACX Book review contest: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1M1m8o1HInGYJR3cEMYZ6TQgNmeBOWo98YC6djNnFWf0/ https://docs.google.com/document/d/1M1m8o1HInGYJR3cEMYZ6TQgN...